Product Description

This model is hand crafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden display stand. Each is packed with the utmost care, they come completely painted and assembled. Makes a great addition to any home or office. Length is 16-3/4" and wingspan is 16-5/8"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #443510 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Toys and Models
• Model: CRC135RJ
• Dimensions: 7.00" h x 16.62" w x 16.75" l,

Features

• Handcarved Mahogany Wood Model Airplane
• Handcrafted and Handpainted
• Comes with base stand ready to display
• Comes with base stand ready for display

From the Manufacturer
The USAF RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT surveillance aircraft are equipped with an extensive array of sophisticated intelligence gathering equipment enabling military specialists to monitor the electronic activity of adversaries. Also known as "RJ", the aircraft are sometimes called "hogs" due to the extended "hog nose" and "hog cheeks". RIVET JOINT has been widely used in the 1990's -- during Desert Storm, the occupation of Haiti, and most recently over Bosnia. Using automated and manual equipment, electronic and intelligence specialists can precisely locate, record and analyse much of what is being done in the electromagnetic spectrum. The fleet of 14 RIVET JOINT aircraft increased to 15 in late 1999 with the addition of a converted C-135B. The jet's conversion cost about $90 million. The Rivet Joint fleet is currently undergoing significant airframe, navigational and powerplant upgrades which include re-engining from the TF-33 to the CFM-56 engines used on the KC-135R and upgrade of the flight deck instrumentation and navigational systems to the AMP standard. The AMP standard includes conversion from analog readouts to a digital glass cockpit configuration. The Air Force plans to spend at least $1.4 billion to keep the RC-135 Rivet Joint (RJ) fleet flying through 2018. The service also plans to modify a recently retired Air National Guard KC-135 tanker, turning it into the Air Forces 17th RJ signals-intelligence aircraft.

Customer Reviews

This is NOT what it is advertised to be
As pictured, this is not an RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft replica. What is pictured is an EC-121D "Warning Star" aircraft, or one of the many special purpose variants thereof.