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 ...

LONDON—One of the UK’s three RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft has been upgraded with a new cockpit as part of a modernization of the fleet. The Royal Air Force is preparing to return ...

Pictured here: RIVET JOINT Landing at RAF Waddington FIRST BRITISH RIVET JOINT AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE UK The first three RIVET JOINT signals intelligence aircraft has been delivered to the UK ahead ...

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 ...

LONDON—The UK and U.S. have agreed to extend the support arrangements to maintain the operation of the Royal Air Force’s Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft through 2035. Through a ...

The first of three Rivet Joint SIGINT aircraft has been delivered to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, ahead of its entry into service next year. The UK’s new Boeing RC-135V/W system is part of a joint ...

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 ...

According to the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the “release” was the result of a technical malfunction. The Rivet Joints are now escorted by RAF Typhoons over the Black Sea. On Sept. 29, 2022, a ...

A British Special Operation led by a “brand new” RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft of the Royal Air Force has shut down ISIS comms in Libya recently. UK special forces have recently carried out “black ops” ...

The UK Royal Air Force has deployed its first Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft to support operations over Iraq – the first operational deployment of the type since its delivery ...