RC-135V Rivet Joint

 

 

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RC-135V Rivet Joint

FS98 USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint
Name: rc-135v.zip Size: 61,937 Date: 02-29-2000
FS98 USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint. The USAF's Secretive Electronic Reconnaisance Aircraft, the RC-135V is a C-135 variant with cheek pods and a long nose filled with equipment to spy on Russian RADAR systems. By David Johnson.
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FS2000 USAF Boeing RC-135U
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FS2000 USAF Boeing RC-135U Rivet Joint, a recon aircraft painted in the colors of 55th SRW. Features 32 sided fuselage and engines, full moving parts and night lighting. By William Friedman.

Mission

The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

Features

The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135. The Rivet Joint's modifications are primarily related to its on-board sensor suite, which allows the mission crew to detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. The mission crew can then forward gathered information in a variety of formats to a wide range of consumers via Rivet Joint's extensive communications suite.

The interior seats 32 people, including the cockpit crew, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators and in-flight maintenance technicians.

The Rivet Joint fleet is currently undergoing significant airframe, navigational and powerplant upgrades which include re-engining from the TF-33 to the CFM-56 engines used on the KC-135R and upgrade of the flight deck instrumentation and navigational systems to the AMP standard. The AMP standard includes conversion from analog readouts to a digital “glass cockpit” configuration.

All Rivet Joint airframe and mission systems modifications are overseen by Raytheon’s Greenville, Texas facility, under the oversight of the Air Force Material Command.

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Reconnaissance
Contractor: Raytheon
Power Plant: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 turbofans
Thrust: 16,050 pounds each engine
Unrefueled Range: 3,900 miles (6,500 kilometers)
Length: 135 feet (41.1 meters)
Height: 42 feet (12.8 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 297,000 pounds (133,633 kilograms)
Wingspan: 131 feet (39.9 meters)
Speed: 500+ miles per hour (Mach.66)
Flight Crew: Five (augmented) - three pilots, two navigators
Mission flight crew: 21-27, depending on mission requirements, minimum consisting of three electronic warfare officers, 14 intelligence operators and four inflight/airborne maintenance technicians
Unit Cost: unavailable
Date Deployed: Initial RC-135 conversions from 1964-1968; V/W configurations, 1981
Inventory: Active force, 14; Reserve, 0; Guard, 0

 

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