Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the RC-135 Rivet, a special reconnaissance aircraft used to survey modern ...

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance ... aircraft RC-135." The Russian state border was not violated by the US spy plane, the National ...

"Britain has submitted a flight plan for a flight by its reconnaissance plane RC-135 along a route that lies over Russian territory. We regard this as an intentional provocation," the Defense ...

The US is flying U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes on patrol missions around the southern ... David Allvin said Friday that U-2, RC-135, and remotely piloted aircraft — or drone — crews are providing ...