Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has stood up a new detachment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to meeting growing demand for RC-135V/W Rivet ...

Operationally, the RAF’s Rivet Joints have participated in missions worldwide, from counterterrorism in the Middle East to NATO exercises in Europe. With the United States possibly winding down its ...

We’re used to hearing stuff and seeing images of fighter aircraft and bombers, but reconnaissance aircraft are much more discreet, and they don’t come out into the open all that often. Like, say, how ...

A USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint arrives with an impressively smooth touchdown in front of aviation fans. The RC-135 pilot butters the landing, showing remarkable control of the large reconnaissance aircraft ...

A Chinese SAC J-16 fighter flies in front of a USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft over the South China Sea on 26 May 2023. This is a screen-grab from a video of the incident. (US Department of Defense) ...

You don’t happen to see many close up footage of the RC-135 Rivet Joint spyplane. The Rivet Joint is a U.S. strategic asset that is used by the Pentagon in every theater across the globe to draw the ...

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An undisclosed number of RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft have returned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, after floodwaters submerged part of the base this month. "Some of our aircraft have returned ...

A People’s Liberation Army J-16 Flanker multirole fighter performed an “unnecessarily aggressive” maneuver close to a U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane over the South China Sea recently, ...