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After 4,800 Hours, Global Hawk Comes Home The Air Force's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle No. 3 (UAV-3) recently returned home to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio after a three-year deployment. One of the Air Force's most graceful and reliable UAVs, Global Hawk was first deployed after the attacks of September 11, 2001, to fight terrorism around the world. During its overseas deployment, the aircraft supplied U.S. military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq with literally tens of thousands of battlefield images. It flew 249 sorties (191 combat) and logged more than 4,800 hours of flight time. Global Hawk can cruise 1,200 miles to an area of interest and remain on station at extremely high altitude for 24 hours. During that time, its cloud-penetrating sensors can image an area the size of Illinois (40,000 nautical square miles). Once its mission parameters are set, Global Hawk can taxi, take off, fly, remain on station, return and land—all without human intervention. |
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