Global Hawk arrives at Yokota

THE USAF has begun flying the RQ-4 Global Hawk from Yokota Air Base, Japan. Operated by the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1, the first UAV arrived on May 1 after a flight from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, its main operating base in the Pacific. Five RQ-4s and 105 operations and support personnel will remain at Yokota until October. The UAVs were officially flown to Japan to avoid typhoons in Guam, and have previously operated during the summer months from