A file photo of the RAF RC-135W ZZ664 involved in the incident. (Photo: Crown Copyright) Intercepted communications show that one of the Russian pilots shot two missiles at RAF RC-135 after he thought he was ordered to fire, while his wingman...
A composite image showing an RAF Rivet Joint and a Russian Su-27 over a Flightradar24 track (Image The Aviationist) Leaked Pentagon documents provide a different account of the incident over the Black Sea. As we reported in detail last year, in...
A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul) Operating from the Finnish airspace, the U.S. ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft can spy on the Russian forces near the border with Finland. Flying...
