Matco's TP84 4X rivet gun with a 0.25-in. capacity features the X type feathering trigger and is designed to allow technicians to slowly begin riveting without damaging the aircraft skin. It takes ...

Rivets hold planes together against high stresses thousands of feet off the ground, but they're not used by automakers, who choose welding instead. Here's why.

A Rivet Joint RC-135V aircraft on the tarmac at Offutt Air Force Base. Todd Clark, a retired Rivet Joint pilot, runs the two RC-135 cockpit simulators, which are about 10 years old and in use up to 12 ...

Ahead of its entry into service next year, the UK Royal Air Force has received the first of three Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft acquired under the Airseeker ...