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Anonymous ID: 8d0e5b Feb. 4, 2022, 9:01 a.m. No.15544413   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4455 >>4526 >>4686 >>4923 >>5055 >>5082

>>15544382

TOPCAT, SNOOP and COBRA R135V/W Rivet Joints heading east and west over CONUS.

 

The RC-135V/W is the USAF's standard airborne SIGINT platform.

 

Its sensor suite allows the mission crew to detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. The mission crew can then forward gathered information in a variety of formats to a wide range of consumers via Rivet Joint's extensive communications suite. The crew consists of the cockpit crew, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators, and airborne systems maintenance personnel. All Rivet Joint airframe and mission systems modifications are performed by L-3 Communications in Greenville, Texas, under the oversight of the Air Force Materiel Command.

Anonymous ID: 8d0e5b Feb. 4, 2022, 10:06 a.m. No.15544931   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4939 >>5055 >>5082

Three KC-135R/T Rivet Brass join Cobra Rivet Joint over NB.

 

KC-135R(RT)

Receiver-capable KC-135R Stratotanker; eight modified with either a Boeing or LTV receiver system and a secure voice SATCOM radio. Three of the aircraft (60-0356, -0357, and -0362) were converted to tankers from RC-135Ds, from which they retained their added equipment.

 

RC-135D Office Boy / Rivet Brass

The RC-135Ds, originally designated KC-135A-II, were the first reconnaissance configured C-135s given the "R" MDS designation, although they were not the first reconnaissance-tasked members of the C-135 family. They were delivered to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska in 1962 as part of the Office Boy Project. Serial numbers were 60–0356, 60–0357, and 60–0362.