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  2. Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk - Wikipedia

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    RQ-4A on display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB RQ-4A Initial production version for the USAF, 16 built. [152] RQ-4B Improved version with increased payload, wingspan increased to 130.9 ft (39.9 m) and length increased to 47.7 ft (14.5 m). Due to the increased size and payload the range is reduced to 8,700 nmi (16,100 km). [153] RQ-4D ...

  3. 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone - Wikipedia

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    [17] Later, U.S. Central Command issued a map of the RQ-4A 's flight path, showing the attack position as several miles outside Iran's territorial waters. They also released an infra-red image of an apparent explosion destroying the RQ-4A taken from another aircraft at 25°57′27″N 56°52′39″E  /  25.95750°N 56.87750°E  / 25. ...

  4. 4th Reconnaissance Squadron - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. High-altitude platform station - Wikipedia

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    The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk first flew on 28 February 1998 and was put into USAF service in 2001. [23] The 131 ft (40 m) wide, 48 ft (14.5 m) long RQ-4 is powered by a single Rolls-Royce F137 turbofan, weighs up to 32,250 lb (14.6 t) at takeoff, and carries a 3,000 lb (1,360 kg) payload up to 60,000 ft (18,300 m) over more than 34 ...

  6. 319th Reconnaissance Wing - Wikipedia

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    The wing operates the E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node and the E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft, delivering surveillance and reconnaissance to combatant commands. The wing comprises two groups and nine squadrons operating globally.

  7. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    Full defensive armament suite of the bomber was retained. F-7B were B-24Ms which carried all five cameras in the aft bomb bay. Most F-7Bs were conversions of late-model B-24Ms, although a few B-24Js and Ls became F-7Bs as well. B-25 Mitchell; The F-10 was the photographic reconnaissance variant of 45 B-25Ds. Used primarily for mapping over ...

  8. Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton - Wikipedia

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    Fox News cited an alleged anonymous U.S. official as a source that the drone had been an MQ-4C Triton, but the U.S. Central Command later confirmed it was a BAMS-D, a prototype version of the RQ-4A drone, developed during the development of the MQ-4C. In total, four of these prototype aircraft were built, and they had been assigned to the Navy ...

  9. 452nd Flight Test Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The squadron began flight testing for the General Atomics RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV in 2004, starting with the RQ-4A Block 10 in a major change in the tyoe of aircraft tested. Subsequently, the unit has tested RQ-4B Blocks 20, 30, 40, [23] [24] and has tested the NATO RQ-4D and Korea and Japan RQ-4 variants. The squadron was inactive from 2010 to 2017.