Night owl maintainers launch Global Hawks

Maintainers assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to taxi a U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk 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

380th EAMXS keeps mission moving

After 40 years of service legacy mission system for high-altitude U-2 is replaced

Dec. 15th marked the last time one of the mission systems used on the U-2 will every fly. The final sortie for this system was flown by the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron – one of two high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft flying missions in support of defending the region.

UAV reaches new milestone in fight against Daesh

As the morning sun beat down on its nearly 131-foot wingspan, the EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft descended from its 60,000 foot perch for the 500th time, coming to rest at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2015.The Veterans Day landing marked the first time in the history the

Hawk soars past 10,000 flying-hour milestone

Shortly before dawn Mar. 7, an RQ-4 Global Hawk embarked on an Operation Inherent Resolve mission that sent the aircraft soaring past the 10,000 flying hour milestone at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft 2019, or “A2019”, was the first block 20 and first RQ-4B model