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Since the RAF's Rivet Joint aircraft will be essentially the same as the USAF's RC-135V/Ws, and only 3 airframes are involved, I suggest it would be better if this article was merged into the Boeing RC-135 article. Letdorf ( talk) 21:52, 22 January 2011 (UTC).
We seem to have a thing about the age of the airframes which I have removed, the KC-135s being older airframes appears to be commented on as some sort negative point of view. The importantance is how long the airframes will last and the fact that they have the latest USAF systems. They were originally happy to fly the Nimrod R1s until 2025 so age wasnt a big issue either. The important factors in the choice of the RC-135 was the escalating costs of Project Helix and the withdrawl of the MR2. The removal of the other Nimrods from the fleet would increase the maintenance costs of the three aircraft and is a factor but the complete Nimrod (MRA4) withdrawl was actually decided after the RC-135 path was choosen. MilborneOne ( talk) 23:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
As of 29.1.11, this page has been merged with Boeing RC-135. ANHL ( talk) 13:28, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | Text and/or other creative content from Boeing RC-135 Air Seeker was copied or moved into Boeing RC-135 with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
Since the RAF's Rivet Joint aircraft will be essentially the same as the USAF's RC-135V/Ws, and only 3 airframes are involved, I suggest it would be better if this article was merged into the Boeing RC-135 article. Letdorf ( talk) 21:52, 22 January 2011 (UTC).
We seem to have a thing about the age of the airframes which I have removed, the KC-135s being older airframes appears to be commented on as some sort negative point of view. The importantance is how long the airframes will last and the fact that they have the latest USAF systems. They were originally happy to fly the Nimrod R1s until 2025 so age wasnt a big issue either. The important factors in the choice of the RC-135 was the escalating costs of Project Helix and the withdrawl of the MR2. The removal of the other Nimrods from the fleet would increase the maintenance costs of the three aircraft and is a factor but the complete Nimrod (MRA4) withdrawl was actually decided after the RC-135 path was choosen. MilborneOne ( talk) 23:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
As of 29.1.11, this page has been merged with Boeing RC-135. ANHL ( talk) 13:28, 29 January 2011 (UTC)