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

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 ...

The interior of an RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, shown in 2009. HOLE IN AIRCRAFT (Z1.6) RC-135V, T/N 64-14 848, 30 April 2015 A split-second decision by the commander of a Rivet Joint RC-135V jet to ...

The recent flooding at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has slowed down mission crew training on the RC-135 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, leading the Air Force to send airmen ...