Beale’s Global Hawk mission extends worldwide

Published: Aug 29, 2005
Source: i-newswire.com



The $35-million Global Hawk is used to provide Air Force and joint battlefield commanders near real-time, high-resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery. Cruising at higher than 65,000 feet, the Global Hawk can survey large geographic areas with pinpoint accuracy, to give military decision makers the most current information about enemy location, resources and personnel.

"It's kind of awe inspiring," said Lt. Col. Mark Corley, 12th RS commander, who has flown the plane from a mission control element here. "It's the cusp of a new technology and it performed exactly the way it was controlled."

The Global Hawk recently reached 4,000 combat flight hours during an operational mission supporting the war on terrorism.

This milestone has reinforced the value of the UAV and its effectiveness in fighting the war on terrorism, officials said.continue..