An RQ-4 Global Hawk stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota is proudly displayed May 11, 2019. Grand Forks AFB will soon be known as America's Global Hawk Base when the 319th Air Base Wing is re-designated as the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, June 28, 2019. The re-designation, initiated by Commander Air Combat Command Gen. Mike Holmes, aligns Grand Forks AFB's host wing and the 69th Reconnaissance Group. The 69 RG, which flies the high-altitude, remotely-piloted RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft, has been aligned under the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California, since i


An RQ-4 Global Hawk stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota is proudly displayed May 11, 2019. Grand Forks AFB will soon be known as America's Global Hawk Base when the 319th Air Base Wing is re-designated as the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, June 28, 2019. The re-designation, initiated by Commander Air Combat Command Gen. Mike Holmes, aligns Grand Forks AFB's host wing and the 69th Reconnaissance Group. The 69 RG, which flies the high-altitude, remotely-piloted RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft, has been aligned under the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California, since it initiated operations as a tenant at Grand Forks AFB in 2011. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Michael Reeves Jr.)


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