The current RC-135 fleet is the latest iteration of modifications to this pool of -135 aircraft going back to 1962. Initially employed by Strategic Air Command to satisfy nationally tasked ...

Crew: Two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers (flight crew from 45th RS) and six or more mission area specialists The RC-135U ...

China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

Open-source data has revealed three types of American RC-135 spy planes were flying near North Korea ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. The nuclear-armed North Korea ...