The Cobra Ball aircraft is capable of collecting optical and electronic data on ballistic missiles.
In a rare occurrence, the United States deployed two missile-tracking aircraft to an air base in the Western Pacific Ocean amid reports of a possible Chinese war game targeting Taiwan.According to data captured by the aircraft tracking service Flightradar24, a U.S. Air Force RC-135S reconnaissance aircraft, capable of collecting optical and electronic data on ballistic missiles, on Thursday arrived at Kadena Air Base on Japan's island of Okinawa.
Air Force, there are three RC-135S aircraft in active service, which are all permanently based at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and operated by the 55th Wing. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. Pacific Air Forces for comment by email.The second Cobra Ball sent to Kadena has a serial number of 62-4128. It left Offutt on Tuesday and made a stopover in Hawaii as it landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, according to Flightradar24's data.
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