Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Richard Griego puts chocks under a Global Hawk at a desert base. The unmanned aerial vehicle is the Air Force's first production Global Hawk and the first deployed. It has been upgraded from previous models. Airman Griego is an avionics technician with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Glynis Fresia)

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Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- A Global Hawk taxis down the runway after landing at a desert base. The unmanned aerial vehicle is the Air Force's second deployed production Global Hawk. The two UAVs are the first production models deployed. Previous Global Hawks were prototypes or test models. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

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Global Hawk arrives in Southwest Asia

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- A Global Hawk rests in its hangar on the flightline of this desert base. The unmanned aerial vehicle is the Air Force's first deployed production Global Hawk, and is one of two deployed here. It is the first deployment of the UAV production models. Previous Global Hawks were prototypes or test models. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammond)

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Global Hawk UAV 'arrives'

Published Jan. 18, 2006

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