On June 5, 1969, Kingdon Hawes, the acting commander, learned that Rivet Amber, the biggest, heaviest and most expensive RC-135 recon jet in the fleet of the Offutt-based Strategic Air Command ...

The Alaska commuter plane that disappeared last month before its wreck was discovered with all 10 onboard dead was more than 1,000 pounds overweight at the time of takeoff, according to details of ...

The current RC-135S aircraft trace their lineage to C-135 aircraft originally modified in 1961 and operated in 24-hour alert status out of Shemya AFB, Alaska. In 1994, all RC-135S aircraft and ...

Like, say, how many times have you heard people talking about the RC-135 Rivet Joint? Based on the Boeing C-135, the Rivet Joint was born back in 1961 as a means to support military operations ...

In response to what the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) considers to be "far too many preventable accidents involving Part 135 flight operations in Alaska," the Board convened a Part ...