Anonymous ID: c97b5f Jan. 4, 2023, 8:56 p.m. No.18078657   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8889 >>9020 >>9181 >>9244 >>9260

PF: RC-135 Rivet Joint on the track over southern Taiwan straight-from Kadena AB, Okinawa-these are usually here and seen on a semi-regular basis and this one for sure wants to be seen running that pattern

 

The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135. The Rivet Joint's modifications are primarily related to its on-board sensor suite, which 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 interior seats more than 30 people, including the cockpit crew, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators and in-flight maintenance technicians.

 

The Rivet Joint fleet was re-engined with CFM-56 engines with an upgraded flight deck instrumentation and navigational systems to FAA/ICAO standards. These standards include conversion from analog readouts to a digital "glass cockpit" configuration.

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104608/rc-135vw-rivet-joint/