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The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft introduced in 2001. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development.
An RQ-4 Global Hawk similar to that downed by Iran. Iranians stated that the P-8 had heeded warnings and moved further off the Iranian coast. [24] The P-8 is a naval aircraft that the U.S. uses for surveillance that is equipped with weapons to destroy ships and submarines. [26]
RQ-4 Global Hawk MC-12W Liberty The 9th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing , stationed at Beale Air Force Base , California. The 9th OG's mission is to organize, train and equip Lockheed U-2 R, RQ-4 Global Hawk and MC-12W Liberty combat elements for peacetime intelligence gathering, contingency ...
The 4th Reconnaissance Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 319th Operations Group and stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from which it operates RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned vehicles. It was activated there in July 2020.
First Global Hawk Block 40 UAVs destined for the NATO AGS program rolled off Northrop Grumman production line in Palmdale, California on 4 June 2015. [3] [5] [6] One arrived at Edwards Air Force Base on December 19, 2015 completing its first flight [7] and the rest stayed in plant 42 located in Palmdale.
As of January 2014, the U.S. military operates a large number of unmanned aerial systems: 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens; 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas; and 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS systems and 246 Predators and MQ-1C Gray Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 RQ-7 Shadows; and 33 RQ-4 Global Hawk large systems. [1]
Complementary to the Tier III- aircraft. Role currently filled by the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Tier III-: High altitude, long endurance low-observable UAV. Same parameters as, and complementary to, the Tier II+ aircraft. The RQ-3 DarkStar was originally intended to fulfill this role before it was "terminated". [9] [10] Role now filled by RQ-170 Sentinel.
Since 2005 the 13th has operated and maintained deployable, long-endurance RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft and ground control elements to fulfill training and operational requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and the Secretary of Defense. It currently trains all RQ-4B pilots and sensor operators. [4]