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 ...

It's not common to see America's workhorse electronic intelligence collection jet stripped of its gray-and-white paint scheme ...

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 Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint has become the first allied aircraft to complete a full transit along NATO’s eastern border, from the southernmost point of Greece to the northernmost point of ...

In the skies over Iraq, USAF spyplanes, USMC and USN Electronic Attack aircraft work together to deny the Islamic State the ability to communicate. The image above shows a U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W ...

A glass cockpit upgrade for the Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic intelligence aircraft has secured UK certification, with a first modified example close to being returned to operational use by the ...

A Rivet Joint RC-135V aircraft on the tarmac at Offutt Air Force Base. Todd Clark, a retired Rivet Joint pilot, runs the two RC-135 cockpit simulators, which are about 10 years old and in use up to 12 ...

Ahead of its entry into service next year, the UK Royal Air Force has received the first of three Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft acquired under the Airseeker ...

This system has been used to precisely target Russian equipment and forces operating on the frontlines of Ukraine. It has been an active, albeit indirect, participant in the war on behalf of Ukraine.