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RC135
Boeing RC-135
The Rivet Joint
“It hears everything. It says nothing.”
Boeing · military
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Length
135 ft 0 in
Wingspan
130 ft 10 in
Max speed
500 kts
Range
2,650 nmi
Ceiling
50,000 ft
Engines
4x CFM56
Crew
30
The RC-135 is a Cold War-era Boeing airframe stuffed with antennas and linguists, flying racetrack patterns just outside contested airspace and vacuuming up signals. What it learns shapes decisions you'll read about in twenty years.
Fun fact
RC-135s have been continuously deployed since the 1960s — the fleet's airframes are older than every crew member aboard.
How to spot one
707 airframe bristling with antennas, cheek fairings, and sensor bulges.
One might be overhead right now.
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