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 current RC-135S aircraft trace their lineage to C-135 aircraft originally modified in 1961 and operated in 24-hour alert status out of Shemya AFB, Alaska. In 1994, all RC-135S aircraft and ...

RC-135 Rivet Joint: British Surveillance Intensifies Monitoring of Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea (X @RoyalAirForce) These flights, which occur routinely, are intended to monitor Russian forces ...