A Newsweek map tracks the path of a United States military spy plane flying over the South China Sea near Hainan Island on Thursday, where China has homeported two aircraft carriers. The U.S. Pacific ...

Decades after first entering service, the Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint remains a critical electronic intelligence-gathering capability for the USA, the UK and their allies, L3Harris Technologies says.

A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint, assigned to the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron, departs RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, Aug. 21, 2025. With 108 years of continuous service, the 95th RS stands as ...

The RC-135W’s flight route near Hainan is significant, as the Chinese navy docks its aircraft carriers there. A US Air Force RC-135W reconnaissance plane was detected flying through the airspace ...

A joint surveillance mission saw a French E-3F and a British RC-135 operating over the Black Sea supported by tankers and fighters from Belgium and France. Belgium, France and the UK conducted a ...

A Chinese J-10 fighter intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane earlier this month over the East China Sea at high rate of speed that the American air crew believed to be unsafe, ...

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