Latest "rq-4" stories
US Air Force ramps up intel flights, weapons shipments to Ukraine
Flight trackers have spotted American Rivet Joint, Global Hawk, Reaper and Joint STARS aircraft, plus allied assets.
Air Force previews plan to phase out enlisted drone pilots
Congress appears likely to let the Air Force ditch 24 of its 31 RQ-4 Global Hawks soon.
Air Force Global Hawk crashes near Grand Forks, N.D.; no injuries
The RQ-4 Block 40 drone crashed at about 7 a.m.
House lawmakers put limits on the Air Force’s planned Global Hawk divestment
The Air Force wants to retire its RQ-4 Block 30 surveillance drones in fiscal 2021.
By Valerie Insinna
Troops in Iraq see spike in ‘indirect fire’ attacks — Iran gets blamed
Katyusha rockets have landed near a number of installations housing American forces in Iraq as tensions with Iran come to a boil.
By Shawn Snow