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The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, L3Harris Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.
The squadron was reactivated by Strategic Air Command in 1947 as a reconnaissance squadron, equipped with Boeing RB-17 Flying Fortress aircraft. It flew aerial photography, mapping, charting, and photo reconnaissance missions, some of which flew around borders of the Soviet Union and over the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany.
Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent 64-14849 intelligence aircraft located at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the President, Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense leaders and theater commanders. Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, 73-1676, of the 1st ACCS, the command plane of the United States Air Force
The US Air Force RC-135 plane was flying a routine route in international airspace when it was intercepted by the Russian SU-27 fighter, the Pentagon said.
Boeing RC-135; RC-135s are a family of reconnaissance aircraft which perform a broad range of signals intelligence-related missions. Based on the C-135 Stratolifter airframe, multiple types of RC-135s have been in service since 1961.
US RC-135 forced to fly through turbulence after actions of J-16 fighter in international airspace ... the Chinese fighter can be seen flying in front of the RC-135 plane’s nose, with the US ...
There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was a total loss. [14] On 5 June 1969, Boeing RC-135E serial number 62–4137, operating out of Shemya AFB, went down in the Bering Sea. On 15 March 1981, another RC-135 crashed while on approach to Shemya AFB in poor weather. Six of the twenty-four crew on board were killed. [15] [16]
The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force.Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.