Rare U.S. Air Force Boeing TC-135 Rivet Joint.
Registration: 62-4129.
The Boeing TC-135 Rivet Joint is a variant of the RC-135 intended to train crews for the RC-135. The U.S. Air Force has 3 of these TC aircraft in service.
The Boeing RC-135 is a military reconnaissance aircraft used for gathering Electronic Intelligence. The aircraft is modified with advanced equipment for the purpose of detecting, locating and relaying captured data communications.
This photo was taken on 28 May 2025 at RAF Mildenhall airbase in England.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…