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Inside the British spy plane that a Russian fighter pilot tried to shoot down
the Rivet Joint’s mission was so secret even the two RAF fighter pilots tasked with protecting it from harm and intimidation were not told of the objectives. The aircraft is considered ‘the ...
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RAF’s Nimrods with a long operational record, including Falklands flew for the last time
The replacement for the Nimrod R1 will be the Rivet Joint aircraft, due into service with the RAF in 2014. For now, RAF crews from 51 Squadron are already co-manning US Rivet Joint aircraft in ...
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F-35 aircraft missing from the RAF: “These are fifth-generation stealth fighters. If anything, it shows that they work perfectly”
When RAF engineers conducted a routine check at RAF Marham, they discovered that several aircraft were missing. A standard flight line inspection of F-35s stored in RAF Marham hangars “revealed ...
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Triple Threat: US Sends More Spy Planes To Watch China and Its Allies
According to data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, a U.S. Air Force RC-135V spy plane, also known as Rivet Joint, reached Kadena Air Base on Sunday from Anchorage in Alaska ...
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US Reveals Intelligence Data Trove on China and North Korea
A United States Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft parks on the flight line at Kadena Air Base in Japan on February 18, 2025. A United States Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint ...