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An Air Combat Command 55th Wing RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, flies a training mission over Nebraska. The RC-135W works closely with the E-3A Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) during war or contingency situations, providing direct, near real-time reconnaissance information and electronic warfare support to theater commanders and combat forces. All RC-135s are equipped with an aerial refueling system, which gives the aircraft unlimited range. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine and included in the article "Rivet Joint:Recon Ready"

An RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft, Air Combat Command 55th Wing from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, flies a training mission over Nebraska. The RC-135W works closely with the E-3A aircraft Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) during war or contingency situations, providing direct, near real-time reconnaissance information and electronic warfare support to theater commanders and combat forces. All RC-135s are equipped with an aerial refueling system, which gives the aircraft unlimited range. This image was used as the back cover photo for the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Rivet Joint:Recon Ready"

An Air Combat Command 55th Wing RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, flies a training mission over Nebraska. The RC-135W works closely with the E-3A Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) during war or contingency situations, providing direct, near real-time reconnaissance information and electronic warfare support to theater commanders and combat forces. All RC-135s are equipped with an aerial refueling system, which gives the aircraft unlimited range. In his rookie year as an RJ navigator, US Air Force 1ST Lieutenant John Nygaard deployed to Operation ALLIED FORCE. He had to know his stuff, because if the airplane had been out of ...

A US Air Force (USAF) RC-135 "Rivet Joint", 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron (RS), Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Nebraska (NE), taxies to the runway prior to take off, in support of an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). Over the next two weeks, the 55th Wing (WG) is conducting an ORE in preparation for an upcoming Air Combat Command (ACC) Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) in March

Intelligence personnel collecting data from sensor gear on an Air Combat Command 55th Wing RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The RC-135W works closely with the E-3 AWACS during war or contingency situations, providing direct, near real-time reconnaissance information and electronic warfare support to theater commanders and combat forces. All RC-135s are equipped with an aerial refueling system, which gives the aircraft unlimited range. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Rivet Joint:Recon Ready"

A US Air Force (USAF) RC-135 "Rivet Joint", 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron (RS), Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Nebraska (NE), taxies to the runway prior to take off, in support of an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). Over the next two weeks, the 55th Wing (WG) is conducting an ORE in preparation for an upcoming Air Combat Command (ACC) Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) in March

Three Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft fly in trail formation in preparation to aerial refuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on April 10, 2007, as they fly to their new home base with the Arkansas Air National Guard 188th Fighter Wing at Fort Smith, Ark., as part of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) reorganization. (U.S. Air Force photo by SENIOR MASTER SGT. Thomas Meneguin) (Released)

An F-15E Strike Egle from the 366th Air Expeditionry Wing, 391st Fighter Squdron, Mountin Home AFB, Idho, prepred t Al Udeid Air Bse, Qtr, to fly its first bombing mission in support of Opertion ENDURING FREEDOM into Afghnistn. The crewchief under the ircrft performs systems checks while in constnt communiction with the pilot. The F-15E is equipped with the LANTRIN Nvigtion nd Trgeting System pod nd crries two rcks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidnce system, AIM-120 Advnced Medium Rnge Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) nd AIM-9 Sidewinders, nd 600-gllon drop tnks. The 366th AEW is one of the Air Force's "on-cll 911" fighter wings, redy to deploy...

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An Air Combat Command 55th Wing RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, flies a training mission over Nebraska. The RC-135W works closely with the E-3A Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) during war or contingency situations, providing direct, near real-time reconnaissance information and electronic warfare support to theater commanders and combat forces. All RC-135s are equipped with an aerial refueling system, which gives the aircraft unlimited range. Working in the back end of the RC-135, Air Intelligence Agency airmen deploy a lot.This image was used in the the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine and included in the article "Rivet Joint:Recon Ready"

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State: Nebraska (NE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF

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