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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...
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    development Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing EC-135 Boeing NC-135 Boeing RC-135 Boeing OC-135B Open Skies Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix Boeing C-137 Stratoliner...
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    The Boeing NC-135 and NKC-135 are special versions of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker modified to operate on several different...
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    XPB Boeing XP3B Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger Boeing RC-135 Boeing Model 1 Boeing L-15 Scout Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack Boeing YQM-94 Boeing CQM-121 Pave Tiger...
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    The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside...
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    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...
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    development Boeing RC-135 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing C-137 Stratoliner Boeing 707 Boeing 720 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Aircraft...
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    operates the Boeing RC-135 aircraft conducting reconnaissance missions. The mission of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron is to provide RC-135 aircraft and...
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  • interface Regional jet, a 35- to 100-passenger class of short-haul airliner Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint, an American intelligence-gathering aircraft RJ (New York...
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    equipment Related development Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix Boeing RC-135 Related lists List of active...
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    55th, operating from Kadena Air Base in Japan. The squadron operates Boeing RC-135 aircraft flying reconnaissance missions. The 82d flew antisubmarine...
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    flying boom refuelling, including the Boeing RC-135, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing 737 AEW&C and Boeing P-8 Poseidon. In April 2016, the RAF stated...
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    radomes, a vertical dome above and a horizontal one below the fuselage. Boeing RC-135 RC-135s are a family of reconnaissance aircraft which perform a broad...
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  • June Two Chinese Chengdu J-10 fighters intercepted a U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135 electronic surveillance airplane over the East China Sea in what the...
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    Poseidon Boeing Business Jet Boeing E-3D Sentry Boeing E-6 Mercury Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker Boeing RC-135 Boeing WC-135 McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Super...
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    signals intelligence and electronic monitoring, such as the RB-47, RB-57, Boeing RC-135 and the Ryan Model 147 drones. Since the Cold War much of the strategic...
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    Bell 309 KingCobra Boeing CH-47 Chinook Boeing Chinook (UK variants) Boeing Model 360 Boeing RC-135 - One T55 was fitted to the RC-135E variant to provide...
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    from Ramstein Air Base, West Germany with a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker air refuelling and a Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance mission. The 306th SW also functioned...
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  • multi-mode radar by Texas Instruments for C-130 Hercules Boeing RC-135 Boeing T-43 and Boeing E-4 AN/APQ-123 airborne radar for F-111D AN/APQ-124 improved...
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    in Suffolk, are both part of the 55th Operations Group and support Boeing RC-135 surveillance aircraft when forward deployed on temporary duty to the...
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  • Force Boeing RC-135 intelligence plane was flying in the area east off Kamchatka, the Soviets may have assumed the 747 radar echo to be the RC-135. The...
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    war with the Soviet Union. In addition, for many years, variants of Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft were observed regularly at Mildenhall. Most...
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  • military aircraft to replace the Boeing 707-based E-3 Sentry and E-8 Joint STARS, the Boeing 747-based E-4B, and the RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft in US military...
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    Globemaster III transport aircraft. RAF surveillance aircraft, including Boeing RC-135, were also involved with collecting intelligence on Russian ground movements...
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    refueling tankers, an EW and recon wing of a lone Lockheed RC-130 Hercules and a lone Boeing RC-135 aircraft. and a squadron of three Lockheed C-141 Starlifter...
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    Joint STARS & Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker & McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft Boeing AH-64 Apache...
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    The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed...
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    Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747)
    Range that was scheduled for the same day. A United States Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flying in the area was monitoring the missile...
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    Related development Boeing CT-49 Boeing E-767 – essentially the E-3's systems in a Boeing 767 airframe Boeing P-8 Poseidon Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Aircraft...
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    for electronic intelligence (ELINT) gathering. The Beech RC-12 Super King Air and Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint are examples of this activity. Unmanned surveillance...
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