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 ...

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).

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 ...