Third RAF Rivet Joint arrives in UK

THE THIRD and final RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft for the Royal Air Force arrived in the UK on June 6, completing deliveries for Project Airseeker. Although the aircraft was initially ferried into RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, on the 6th, it made the short flight to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire at 1730hrs on June 7 after delays caused by strong crosswinds at Waddington. The first RC-135W was delivered to the RAF ahead of schedule in November 2013 and the second followed in