RQ-4 Global Hawk photos (35 in total)
Beale Global Hawk deploys for first time
Airman deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., prepare to weigh the Global Hawk before refueling in a hangar July 19 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The aircraft has a wing span of 116 feet and is designed to cruise at extremely high altitudes. This marked the first time a Global Hawk deployed in support from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Miranda Moorer
Source: US Air Force
Beale Global Hawk deploys for first time (2)
A flightline ground crew secures the Global Hawk for towing to a secure hangar July 19 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The aircraft has a wing span of 116 feet and is designed to cruise at extremely high altitudes. This marked the first time a Global Hawk deployed in support from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Miranda Moorer
Source: US Air Force
Northrop Grumman RQ-4N Global Hawk (BAMS) - Artist Impression
The RQ-4N Global Hawk is the principal element of Northrop Grumman's BAMS proposal.Source: Northrop Grumman
Top view of the RQ-4 Global Hawk
Source: US Air Force
Global Hawk on display
The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is seen in a hangar at a deployed location in Southwest Aisa. The Global Hawk team reached a break-through point in April; maximizing the aircraft’s sorties and collecting more than 96 percent of the target deck – nearly five thousand images of enemy locations, resources and personnel.U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Matthews
Source: US Air Force
First Next-Generation Global Hawk Makes Maiden Flight
The first RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system prepares for its maiden flight from Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., facility.Source: Northrop Grumman
First Next-Generation Global Hawk Makes Maiden Flight (2)
The first RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system prepares for its maiden flight from Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., facility.Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop/ EADS Euro Hawk
With a wing span larger than a commercial airliner's and an endurance projected at up to 30 hours, the Euro Hawk(r) unmanned aerial system will serve as the German Air Force's high altitude long endurance signals intelligence system.Source: Northrop Grumman
The Northrop/ EADS Euro Hawk
With a wing span larger than a commercial airliner's and an endurance projected at up to 30 hours, the Euro Hawk(r) unmanned aerial system will serve as the German Air Force's high altitude long endurance signals intelligence system.Source: Northrop Grumman
1st Global Hawk Concludes operational testing
The maintainers from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing pull an RQ-4A Global Hawk Block-10 from a Beale Air Force Base, Calif., hangar as part of the operational assessment's maintenance operation. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Detachment 5, based at Edwards, led the operational testing of the Global Hawk that concluded Nov. 17, 2006.Photo by Jerome Perkins
Source: US Air Force
