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ET2SN · 10-20-23, 05:38 AM

I forgot to mention..

Last Tuesday I saw an RC-135 flying low over town, on its way to Des Moines.
RC-135's are colloquially known as Rivet Joint aircraft although that code word died out in the 1990's. You can tell the difference between one and a KC-135 mostly by the large black nose and the different paint scheme.
We sold some of them to the UK several years ago.

They are home-based at Offutt AFB.
They (and the E-4's) don't take off without a really good reason.

Granted, this could have been a part of that cell phone EAM test but like I said, those aircraft don't take off without a really good reason.

Y'all might consider waking the

up.

10-20-23, 05:38 AM	#7
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I forgot to mention.. Last Tuesday I saw an RC-135 flying low over town, on its way to Des Moines. RC-135's are colloquially known as Rivet Joint aircraft although that code word died out in the 1990's. You can tell the difference between one and a KC-135 mostly by the large black nose and the different paint scheme. We sold some of them to the UK several years ago. They are home-based at Offutt AFB. They (and the E-4's) don't take off without a really good reason. Granted, this could have been a part of that cell phone EAM test but like I said, those aircraft don't take off without a really good reason. Y'all might consider waking the up.