A People’s Liberation Army J-16 Flanker multirole fighter performed an “unnecessarily aggressive” maneuver close to a U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane over the South China Sea recently, ...

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 ...

“What passes for dangerous and provocative today was ho-hum to recon crews of my generation” former RC-135 commander says On Apr. 7, a U.S. RC-135U spyplane, was intercepted over the Baltic Sea, off ...

A Chinese SAC J-16 fighter flies in front of a USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft over the South China Sea on 26 May 2023. This is a screen-grab from a video of the incident. (US Department of Defense) ...

Exercise Talon Shield, part of the broader Talisman Sabre, saw Offutt AFB's RC-135 Rivet Joint taking part in the exercise in Australia for the first time. Two developments last week marked the ...

The Boeing RC-135RJ is named Rivet Joint, after its large, boxy panels that look haphazardly riveted on its otherwise ...

A Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet made a dangerously close pass of a U.S. intelligence aircraft May 30 over the Black Sea, Pentagon officials announced Friday. Army Col. Steve Warren, the chief ...

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The new LN-120G stellar navigation system developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed its first flight test on ...

The recent flooding at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has slowed down mission crew training on the RC-135 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, leading the Air Force to send airmen ...