Deployed Global Hawks surpass 30,000 combat flying hours, 1,500 sorties
Staff Sgt. Michael Goenner goes through pre-flight servicing while preparing an RQ-4 Global Hawk for a combat mission Feb. 12, 2010, in Southwest Asia. The RQ-4s, assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., achieved 1,500 combat sorties and 30,000 combat flying hours on Feb. 10 and 11 respectively. Sergeant Goenner is an RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chief with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Hawk aircraft maintenance unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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