The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.
The RC-135W Rivet Joint, a dedicated electronic surveillance aircraft, is equipped to gather electronic emissions from communications, radar, and other systems.
Based on data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, Newsweek's map showed that a Kadena-based Rivet Joint aircraft, designed for detecting, identifying, and geolocating ...
But now three senior Western defence sources with knowledge of the incident have told the BBC that Russian communications intercepted by the RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft give a very different ...