1945-1991: Cold War world Wiki
Register
mNo edit summary
Tag: rte-source
mNo edit summary
Tag: rte-wysiwyg
Line 29: Line 29:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Crew.
 
|Crew.
|3+ (pilot, co-pilot, navigator and undiclosed others).
+
|3+ (pilot, co-pilot, navigator and undiclosed others in technical jobs).
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Nationality(s).
 
|Nationality(s).

Revision as of 23:29, 13 April 2017

Construction cone
This page is under construction and is still being written! Any major unauthorised edits will be reverted, but some minor, grammar and spelling fixes are freely allowed if you find any errors of this type. If this article has not been edited after 2 years, please remove this template and edit it freely if you want to.



RC-135 Cobra Ball.
Category. Statistic.
First flight on. 1962.
Retired on. Still in use.
Major contractor(s)  Boeing.
Fight ceiling. 50,000 ft (15,200 m).
Top speed. 580 mph (933 km/h).
VTOL. No.
Range. 3,450 mi (5,550 km).
Crew. 3+ (pilot, co-pilot, navigator and undiclosed others in technical jobs).
Nationality(s). American.
class. Advanced reconnaissance aircraft.
Rate of climb. 4,900 ft/min (1,490 m/min).
Sensor systems. .
Dose it have a 'rotodome' class radome. No.
Links. .
RC-135 Rivet Joint

A Boeing RC-135 Cobra Ball. An RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft moves into position behind a KC-135T/R Stratotanker for an aerial refueling over Southwest Asia March 14, 2006.

RC-135S_Cobra_ball(March_1,_2013_Kadena_Air_Base)

RC-135S Cobra ball(March 1, 2013 Kadena Air Base)

A Boeing RC-135 Cobra Ball in action (March 1, 2013 Kadena Air Base).

It was involved in the The Korean Air Flight 007 incident in 1983.