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Quick thinking saved a USAF RC-135 and its 27 crew members after fire erupted during takeoff roll

August 26, 2015 David Cenciotti

Disaster averted at Offut Air Force Base last April. On Apr. 30 2015, RC-135V Rivet Joint, 64-14848, belonging to the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, suffered a major incident at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. As the […]

UK’s first RC-135W “Airseeker” intelligence gathering aircraft in service by the end of 2013

September 24, 2012 Richard Clements

UK’s Royal Air Force will have the first of its planned three RC-135W aircraft, named the Airseeker project by the RAF (not clear if the aircraft is to be given that name or it’s just […]