You can monitor online the U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball aircraft used to track ballistic missiles reentry vehicles and warheads during the final phase of flight. Early in the morning on Jul. 4 ...

There are three RC-135S aircraft in the Air Force inventory all assigned to Air Combat Command and permanently based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.. The Cobra Ball is operated by the 55th Wing ...

RC-135 Cobra Ball aircraft, flown by the secretive U.S. Air Force 55th Wing, have monitored foreign missile tests for decades. Now Northrop Grumman is proposing a replacement, named Cobra All ...

Upon arriving at the squadron, we were told that Cobra Ball aircraft 61-2664 had crashed while attempting to land at Shemya AFB the previous night and that there had been fatalities.