Did you know that we have recently bought three RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft from the Americans under project Airseeker, they are converted KC-135 tankers and the airframes are all at least 50 years old. The electronic monitoring systems are however very advanced.
The KC-135 is a tanker that is related to the 707 though they were in fact both developed separately from the Dash 80 prototype.
Edit: The AWACS are the Boeing E-3 Sentry which is based on the 707 rather than the C-135/KC-135.
Last edited by: Hard Cheese on Mon 6 Nov 17 at 18:13
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