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210507-F-VZ160-1027

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 7, 2021, 2021. The Global Hawk’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to support joint combatant forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210507-F-VZ160-1013

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 28, 2021. Based in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the 99th ERS supported a U.S. European Command mission utilizing the long-range capabilities the Global Hawk remotely-piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210507-F-VZ160-1006

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron sits on the flight line at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 7, 2021. The Global Hawk's mission is to provide a broad spectrum of ISR collection capability to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210507-F-VZ160-1005

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron sits on the flight line at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 7, 2021. The Global Hawk is flown by a launch and recovery element and a mission control located at ADAB and functions to launch and recover the aircraft while en route to and from the target area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210507-F-VZ160-1003

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron undergoes pre-launch maintenance at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 7 28, 2021. The Global Hawk is a long-endurance, high-altitude remotely piloted aircraft that provides all-weather reconnaissance capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210428-F-vz160-2004

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 28, 2021. Based in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the 99th ERS supported a U.S. European Command mission utilizing the long-range capabilities of the Global Hawk remotely-piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210428-F-vz160-2003

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 28, 2021. Based in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the 99th ERS supported a U.S. European Command mission utilizing the long-range capabilities of the Global Hawk remotely-piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210428-F-vz160-2002

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Wedgewood, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chief, prepares to launch an RQ-4 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 28, 2021. Global Hawks provide near-real-time coverage using imagery intelligence, signals intelligence, and moving target indicator sensors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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210507-F-VZ160-1036

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron speeds down the runway at Al Dhafra Air Base (ADAB), United Arab Emirates, May 7, 2021. Based in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the 99th ERS supported a U.S. European Command mission utilizing the long-range capabilities of the Global Hawk remotely-piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jao'Torey Johnson)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to taxi at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. The RQ-4’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection capability to support joint-combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to take off at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. The RQ-4 provides persistent near-real-time coverage using imagery intelligence, signals intelligence and moving target indicator sensors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Enrique Alvarez, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron RQ-4 Global Hawk avionics specialist, prepares to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. Alvarez is responsible for maintaining and repairing the RQ-4’s avionics systems to ensure the aircraft can provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities within the area of responsibility. This double exposure photo was achieved in camera by combining two perspectives, a photo of the RQ-4 and an Airman, to create a singular image. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to taxi at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marc Radziewicz, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chief, prepares to launch an RQ-4 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. Radziewics is responsible for all maintenance aspects of the RQ-4 to include performing scheduled inspections, functional checks and preventive maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Enrique Alvarez, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron RQ-4 Global Hawk avionics specialist, performs a preflight checklist on a computer at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. Alvarez performs pre, thru and post flight inspections alongside RQ-4 crew chiefs to ensure mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Taylor (left), 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) RQ-4 Global Hawk avionics specialist, and Airman 1st Class Marc Radziewicz (right), 380th EAMXS RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chief, move a generator at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 25, 2021. The 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group manages sortie production for theater support packages, and various expeditionary operations and task forces ensuring maintenance on the wing’s 60 plus combat aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)
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181121-F-LI951-001

99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron aerospace physiology technicians Staff Sgt. Ariel Schlenther, and Staff Sgt. Johnathan Cearley inspect the U-2 pilot’s full-pressure suit at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 21, 2018. The blended crew of flight equipment and aerospace physiology technicians perform maintenance support such as inspecting the suit and torso component, walking with the U-2 pilots to the jets and hooking them into it, along with loading the parachute and seat kit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)
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181212-F-LI951-141

Staff Sgt. William Hazelwood, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron launch and recovery supervisor, inspects the U-2 pilot’s full-pressure suit while Senior Airman Yomira Ramirez-Martinez, 99th ERS aerospace physiology technician, inspects the torso component at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 12, 2018. U-2 pilots can fly at altitudes in excess of 70,000 feet during their missions which requires them to wear a full-pressure suit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)
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After 40 years of service legacy mission system for high-altitude U-2 is replaced

A U-2 taxis back towards the maintenance hangar at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia after a sortie, Dec. 15, 2016. This sortie marked the final flight of one of the mission systems that the U-2 is capable of carrying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)
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After 40 years of service legacy mission system for high-altitude U-2 is replaced

After the final sortie for one of the U-2 mission systems the aircraft passes under a water shower, a traditional way of celebrating major milestones or final flights, provided by the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2016. A system that is already in use on the RQ-4 will replace the retired system, enabling both aircraft to continue providing complimentary high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)
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