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 ...

The new "doomsday planes" the USAF will receive are designed to withstand ... management and ground surveillance aircraft), and the RC-135 Rivet Joint (an electronic reconnaissance aircraft).

Based on data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, Newsweek's map showed that an RC-135V aircraft and an RC-135U aircraft flew over the northern waters of the South China Sea ...

Services: USAF Propulsion ... Through the years, the KC-135 has been altered to do other jobs ranging from flying command post missions to reconnaissance. RC-135s are used for special ...