Advanced sensors and surveillance equipment evolved the RC-135 from a commercial aircraft to one of the most famous and successful Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms ...

The current RC-135 fleet is the latest iteration of modifications to this pool of -135 aircraft going back to 1962. Initially employed by Strategic Air Command to satisfy nationally tasked ...

Crew: Two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers (flight crew from 45th RS) and six or more mission area specialists The RC-135U ...

RC-135 Rivet Joint: British Surveillance Intensifies Monitoring of Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea (X @RoyalAirForce) These flights, which occur routinely, are intended to monitor Russian forces ...

MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/.Russian Su-27 fighter jets consecutively intercepted two US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, with one of them making a provocative turn towards the Russian plane ...