An RC-135 performs a flyover over the parade route during Nebraska’s Veterans Day parade along Mission Avenue in Old Town Bellevue on Nov. 10, 2018. RC-135 planes are based at Offutt Air Force Base carry an advanced sensor suite to "detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum," the U.S. Air Force said.
Olivia Moody and Aaron Sanderford
Omaha World-Herald
The Department of Defense is basing a significant slice of its latest all-of-military effort to improve how the U.S. uses radio waves, microwaves and infrared technology in electromagnetic warfare at Offutt Air Force Base and U.S. Strategic Command.
An RC-135 Rivet Joint flies above the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show at Offutt Air Force Base on Aug. 25, 2024. RC-135 planes are based at Offutt and carry an advanced sensor suite to "detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum," the U.S. Air Force said.
An RC-135 performs a flyover over the parade route during Nebraska’s Veterans Day parade along Mission Avenue in Old Town Bellevue on Nov. 10, 2018. RC-135 planes are based at Offutt Air Force Base carry an advanced sensor suite to "detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum," the U.S. Air Force said.
An RC-135 Rivet Joint flies above the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show at Offutt Air Force Base on Aug. 25, 2024. RC-135 planes are based at Offutt and carry an advanced sensor suite to "detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum," the U.S. Air Force said.