Top secret US spy plane is caught making mysterious trip to cartel stronghold The flight path of a US spy plane shows it conducted a mysterious mission over the Gulf of California in Mexico this week.
The US Northern Command, a DoD command that has an area of responsibility that covers Mexico, said Tuesday that 140 US military intelligence personnel and 500 soldiers had been assigned to the command as part of the southern border mission.
A US spy plane left its home base in Nebraska Monday, flew southwest to California and then headed south along the western coast of the Baja California peninsula before moving north into the Gulf of California.
The US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft is designed to detect, identify and geolocate electronic signals, providing near real time on-scene intelligence data (STOCK).
Tracking data captured the US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft taking off from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Monday, flying southwest to California.
