AWACs might have some capability to do that, but the specialists in that sort of thing are the RC-135U COMBAT SENT
And the RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT.
Pictures are a bit out of date, the birds have been re-engined with CFM-56s (F108-CF-201), which are much larger than those shown. There are only two RC-135Us, and 13 RC-135V/W aircraft. All are assigned to the 55th wing at Offutt AFB, near Omaha. They deploy worldwide of course,
Thanks for the up date ... I knew we had an airframe that did this but did not know which one it was.
ahh, here is the relevant post from last month on the B52 nuke thread. The other posts seemed to be deleted by an overactive mod....
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Been hearing the EAM messages all evening long. A lot of people saying it is just routine testing...but when the traffic increases from several msgs a night to dozens an hour...something is up. Either it is a signal for intel services around the globe to take notice, or actually nuclear assets around the world being given orders.
67 posted on 09/05/2007 10:52:58 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
Nice. I was waiting for someone to mention Rivet Joint...;)
My theory is that the Israeli’s played the part normally done by Cobra Ball......
I’m sure we have all manner of new SigInt to play with now.