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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 7

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 3

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 […]