Increased demand for RC-135V/W Rivet Joint spy plane sorties in the Pacific has led the U.S. Air Force to create a new unit in Alaska to help manage those operations. From Joint Base ...

Offutt AFB said on its Instagram page this was the first time the aircraft was launched in support of the Talisman Sabre series of exercises. The base also referenced the broader British, U.S. and ...

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has concluded air-to-air refueling clearance trials with U.S. Air Force RC-135 and A-10C Thunderbolt II airframes. An RAAF KC-30A multirole tanker from 33 ...

NATO reconnaissance missions above the waters west of Russia-occupied Crimea continued this month, despite a recent warning from Moscow about the intensity of U.S. spy flights over the Black Sea. A ...

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 ...

A U.S. military aircraft flew hourslong reconnaissance sorties along China's coastline on at least three days this week, according to flight records, coinciding on one occasion with the Chinese navy's ...

The Boeing RC-135RJ is named Rivet Joint, after its large, boxy panels that look haphazardly riveted on its otherwise ...

On June 5, 1969, Kingdon Hawes, the acting commander, learned that Rivet Amber, the biggest, heaviest and most expensive RC-135 recon jet in the fleet of the Offutt-based Strategic Air Command, was ...

The sanctioned supertanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, continues to steam northeast through the North Atlantic.

A United Kingdom Royal Air Force RC-135 surveillance aircraft flew a mission over the Black Sea last Friday afternoon, Ukraine time. While the flight to intercept Russian military communications ...