BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission
A Northrup Grumman contractor escorts the last U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk, attached to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator mission, onto the flight line June 16, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The Global Hawk training mission at ADAB was originally scheduled to last 6 months but mission effectiveness and reliability led to an extension of the mission, lasting approximately 13 years.