Teaming with drones could be a path to new operational possibilities for the Rivet Joint, and other developments are on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has stood up a new detachment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to meeting growing demand for RC-135V/W Rivet ...

In the skies over Iraq, USAF spyplanes, USMC and USN Electronic Attack aircraft work together to deny the Islamic State the ability to communicate. The image above shows a U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W ...

Somewhere over the South China Sea, a large, antenna-studded aircraft cruises at altitude, its crew quietly listening to the ...

AN RAF jet that can “soak up” intel made history by flying the full length of NATO’s border for the first time ever. The milestone journey was undertaken by the advanced RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft, ...

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 ...

How the RC 135 Rivet Joint Builds the Kill Chain: From Intelligence Gathering to Target Engagement When a hostile radar system suddenly goes silent in contested airspace, or enemy communications cease ...

US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. Since February 4, the US Navy and Air Force have conducted at ...

One of the three Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft UK is buying from the U.S. as part of the Airseeker program has been flown in UK airspace by an RAF aircrew for the first time. The RC-135W is one of ...