New Global Hawk UAV model arrives at Beale

Posted at: Fri Jul 4th, 2008

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Beale added a new Global Hawk to its flock June 30, with the arrival of a Block 20 model of the RQ-4 unmanned aerial vehicle. The Block 20 will be the first of its kind assigned to the base.

Sixth C-17 swoops into Britain

Posted at: Fri Jul 4th, 2008

Collected from the Boeing Factory in Longbeach, California on 11 June 2008, the aircraft has since been used for essential front-line crew training. Upon landing at its home base of Brize Norton, the aircraft was rapidly prepared for operations as in only 18 hours after its delivery, ...