There are only two Combat Sent aircraft in the Air Force inventory and both are assigned to the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Neb. The RC-135U aircraft are manned by Air Combat Command crews from the ...

The Air Force's Combat Sent aircraft belong to the RC-135 family of reconnaissance airframes, which were developed from the ...

Crew: (flight crew) five (augmented) - three pilots, two navigators; (mission flight crew) 21-27, depending on mission requirements, minimum consisting of three electronic warfare officers, 14 ...

The Combat Sent also conducted spy flights over Finland, which borders Russia to the east and is one of the newest members of the U.S.-led trans-Atlantic military alliance. An Air Force RC-135U ...