UK Takes Delivery Of Last Rivet Joint

Credit: RC-135
LONDON—Britain’s Royal Air Force has taken delivery of its third and final RC-135 Rivet Joint signals-intelligence gathering aircraft. The aircraft touched down at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, on June 6 before making a brief transit flight on June 7 to the UK’s RC-135 main operating base at Waddington...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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