#RC135W
In addition to mapping air defences, the aircraft can monitor the border for threats, identify troop and equipment movements, and maintain an up-to-date picture of the Russian electronic “Order of Battle” in the Baltic Sea region.

Hashtags: #UnitedKingdom #RAF #RC135W#NATO #Aviation #SIGINT
April 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Getting ready to leave work tonight, I noticed a star in an unusual place peeking through the low clouds to the NW.

Turns out that it was this chap: RAF RC-135W [ZZ665] as RRR7228 doing what looks like a holding pattern in an area I've not seen before.

#avgeek #rivetjoint #rc135w
January 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Kalingrad/Belarus is heavily watched by ISR-assets this morning.

2 x RC135W, 1 E-8C, 1 E-3C and 1 AEW G550.
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
RRR7226 RC135W RIVET JOINT, ZZ664 out of Waddington is returning home after their mission in the Black Sea. Expect there were some fighters available during the mission.
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
UK RAF Rivet Joint RC-135W, RRR7210 completing an over 9 hour mission surveiling the russian border.
February 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint, RRR7230 out of Waddington currently over the Netherlands heading northeast.
January 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
UK releases video of dangerous Russian interception of RAF spy plane over Black Sea. #Su35 #Su37 #Sukhoi #Russianairforce #Raf #Boeing #Rc135w

www.airdatanews.com/uk-releases-video-of-d...
UK releases video of dangerous Russian interception of RAF spy plane over Black Sea
Footage shows Su-27 and Su-35 jets flying within meters of a British RC-135W during April incident
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May 21, 2026 at 10:34 AM