GLOBAL HAWK SQUADRONS

9th RW, 1st RS, 12th RS, 18th RS. BEALE AFB

940th WING , 13th RS,  BEALE AFB

USAF / USN / NASA / TEST UNITS / PROGRAMMES / OEF / OIF / GWOT

GAF EUROHAWK

1st  RS    U-2 / RQ-4 TRAINING SQUADRON
1st RS RQ-4 FTU

HAWK TAMER

INSTRUCTOR

The 1st RS gives this patch to the students when they complete their mission check.

 

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12th RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

 

The 12th was form on June 2nd 1917 as the 12th Aero Squadron and throughout it service career as mostly operated in the reconnaissance role. Later flying RB-26, RB-66 and the RF-4 and now continuing with the RQ-4A Global Hawk with which it has already seen operational service over both Afghanistan and Iraq 

The 12th Reconnaissance  Squadron was reactivated on 8th November 2001 for the RQ-4A Global Hawk( UAV)  at Beale AFB and assumed the 12th original emblem of an eagle carrying a bomb. The first Global Hawk being delivered in October 2004

9th Operations Group

1st RS, 12th RS, & 18th RS

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12th 

RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

 

12th  RECONNAISSANCE SQ

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

 

12th 

RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

12th

RECONNAISSANCE    SQUADRON

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

 

WANTED

 

 I HAVE IT WANTED

 

 I HAVE IT
 

 

12th  ERS 99th ERS
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12th

EXPEDITIONARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

DEACTIVATED 01/11/2008

12th

EXPEDITIONARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

SEMPER SPECTO
  99th RS / 380th AEW

GLOBAL HAWK / U-2

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 WANTED

 

   WANTED

 

9th OPERATIONS GROUP

 

 
9th OG

DETACHMENT 3

SILENT HUNTERS

GUAM

9th OG

DETACHMENT 3  

SILENT HUNTERS

GUAM

9th OG

DETACHMENT 4

SIGNOELLA

 
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18th RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

In a ceremony at Dock 6, Monday 3rd April 2006 at 9 a.m., following the official in-activation of the 9th Operations Group Detachment 2. Under the authority of Col. Gregory Kern, 9th OG Commander, Lt. Col. Christopher Jella, former Det. 2 commander and 12th Reconnaissance Squadron Director of Operations, was appointed as commander of the new 18th RS.

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The 18th RS will take the lineage of the 18th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron  which saw service in the European theatre in WWII.  It was involved in Normandy and Air Offensive in Europe receiving Citation in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army twice. Deployed to France and later to RAF Upper Heyford  with the RF-101 as part of the 66th TRW and later during the Vietnam war flying the RF-4C out of Thailand with the 363rd TRW.
The 18th RS was inactivated as the Initial Global Hawk Training Squadron on the 24th August 2007               (03/04/2006 -- 24/07/2007)

Reactivated at Creech AFB Dec 2009 in support of Predator/Reaper Ops

 to provide real-time intelligence, strike, interdiction, close air support, and special missions to deployed warfighters

       
 

940th WING

 

13th RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

Unit Designation: 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California.

Mission: Associate unit that provides theatre commanders with near-real-time intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition data. Operates and maintains deployable, long-endurance RQ-4A Global Hawk aircraft and ground control elements to fulfil training and operational requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and the Secretary of Defence. Trains all RQ-4A pilots and sensor operators

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Wing Re-designation & Change of Command Ceremony
The re-designation of the 940th Air Refueling Wing to the 940th Command and Control Wing and change of command ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 in Dock 6, Beale AFB
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9th Reconnaissance Wing
GRAND FORKS AFB    
 

 

PATCH 

 

 

 

PATCH 

 

PATCH 

 

69th Reconnaissance Group  Sept. 19 2011

Established as a tenant unit under the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, located at Beale Air Force Base, California., the 69th RG also assumed command of two squadrons during the ceremony, the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron and 69th Maintenance Squadron.

 
69th

Reconnaissance Group

348th

Reconnaissance Squadron

69th

Maintenance Squadron

 

WANTED

 
WANTED WANTED
     
OTHER GLOBAL HAWK PATCHES
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM / OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM - COMBAT HOURS
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GLOBAL HAWK 

500 COMBAT HOURS

O E F

GLOBAL HAWK

 1000 COMBAT HOURS

O E F

   
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GLOBAL HAWK 

500 COMBAT HOURS

O I F

GLOBAL HAWK

 1000 COMBAT HOURS

O I F

GLOBAL HAWK

1500 COMBAT HOURS

O I F

GLOBAL HAWK

2000 COMBAT HOURS

O I F

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GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM / COMBAT HOURS

 

GLOBAL HAWK

2000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

3000  COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

4000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

5000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

 I HAVE IT  I HAVE IT

 

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NO PATCH ISSUED

 

 

NO PATCH ISSUED ??

 

 

NO PATCH ISSUED

 

NO PATCH ISSUED

GLOBAL HAWK

6000 COMBAT HOURS

 

GLOBAL HAWK

7500 COMBAT HOURS

 

GLOBAL HAWK

8000 COMBAT HOURS

 

GLOBAL HAWK

9000 COMBAT HOURS

 

 

 

     
GLOBAL HAWK

10000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

15000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

20000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

GLOBAL HAWK

25000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

 

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 I HAVE IT  I HAVE IT
 

 

NO PATCH  ISSUED

 

 

GLOBAL HAWK

27000 COMBAT HOURS

GWOT

 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATION

GLOBAL HAWK   30000 COMBAT HOURS 

380th AEW   1,500th combat sortie completed  at 29999.4 hours, the very next sortie the next night (Feb. 11), as soon as the (Global) Hawk cleared the airfield, that's when 30,000 was reached.

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATION

GLOBAL HAWK  

50000 COMBAT HOURS 

 
 

 

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GLOBAL HAWK

CONSTANT VIGILANCE

GWOT 2004

GLOBAL HAWK

CONSTANT VIGILANCE

 

   
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HOURS OF FLIGHT    /     FLIGHT HOURS

 

 

 

PATCH  ISSUED ?

GLOBAL HAWK

1000 HOURS OF FLIGHT

GLOBAL HAWK

2000 HOURS OF FLIGHT

RQ-4A GLOBAL HAWK

3000 HOURS OF FLIGHT

GLOBAL HAWK

4000 HOURS OF FLIGHT

 I HAVE IT

 

 I HAVE IT

 I HAVE IT

 

 
GLOBAL HAWK

5000 FLIGHT HOURS

  GLOBAL HAWK

7500  FLIGHT HOURS

USAF    ASG/GHSG

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

GLOBAL HAWK

10,000  FLIGHT HOURS

FALL 2006

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NO PATCH ISSUED

 

 

GLOBAL HAWK

20,000 FLIGHT HOURS

 

GLOBAL HAWK HALE UAV SYSTEM

25,000 FLIGHT HOURS

USAF

NORTHROP GRUMMAN USN

26/11/2008

7 YEARS IN SERVICE

27, 000 FLIGHT HOURS

 

 
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RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK

30,000 FLIGHT HOURS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

US AIR FORCE / US NAVY

RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK

40,000 FLIGHT HOURS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

US AIR FORCE / US NAVY

RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK

50,000 FLIGHT HOURS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

US AIR FORCE / US NAVY

RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK

60,000 FLIGHT HOURS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

US AIR FORCE / US NAVY

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NO PATCH ISSUED

 

   
GLOBAL HAWK

100th FLIGHT AV3

GLOBAL HAWK

1000th FLIGHT AV4

 

   
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FIRST'S

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    GLOBAL HAWK

1st PRODUCTION ROLLOUT

UAV-6 FIRST FLIGHT 1ST USAF BLOCK 30

GLOBAL HAWK ARRIVAL

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGNOELLA ITALY

1ST USAF BLOCK 30

GLOBAL HAWK ARRIVAL

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE GUAM

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1st GLOBAL HAWK

Arrival at BEALE AFB 0ct 04

 

     
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U.S. NAVY

 

While based on the Air Force's RQ-4B platform, the BAMS UAS has been designated the MQ-4C due to its multi-mission capability. The "MQ" designates the BAMS UAS as a multi-mission (M) unmanned aircraft (Q) and the "4C" links the BAMS UAS heritage to the RQ-4B.
   
USN GLOBAL HAWK

TEST SQUADRON

VX-20

GLOBAL HAWK

MARITIME DEMONSTRATOR

1000 FLIGHTS HOURS

   

WANTED

WANTED

 

 

 
 
GLOBAL HAWK

MARITIME DEMONSTRATOR

 

BROAD AREA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE  USN

BAMS

DESIGNATED MQ-4C Sept. 7 2010

BROAD AREA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE-D  USN

BAMS -D

2000 HOURS

 

 
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WANTED

 I HAVE IT

 

 
   
    BROAD AREA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE-D  USN

BAMS -D

5000 HOURS

 

 

 I HAVE IT
 

 

 

GLOBAL VIGILANCE - COMBINED TEST FORCE

"VIGILANTNIA PRETIUM LIBERTATS"

GLOBAL VIGILANCE - COMBINED TEST FORCE WORLD RECORD BREAKING

UAV JET POWERED ENDURANCE FLIGHT

14-15 APR 00    31.5 Hr

FROM EDWARDS TO GUAM TO SICILY  

 TOTAL SURVEILLANCE

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WANTED

WANTED

WANTED

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GLOBAL HAWK

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED DEMONSTRATOR

GLOBAL HAWK TEST TEAM PACAF

GLOBAL HAWK

CAPABILITIES FORUM

U.S.A.F. GLOBAL HAWK

INDUSTRY TEAM

ENDURING FREEDOM

D LEE

WANTED

 I HAVE IT  I HAVE IT  I HAVE IT
 
HQ USAF

PLANS & PROGRAMS,  INFORMATION SUPERIORITY PANEL

GLOBAL HAWK NIGHT HUNTER II TECH DEMO

"NOS AMO UT VIGILO ORBIS"

DSTO

RAAF / USAF

 
 

WANTED

D LEE 

WANTED

D LEE    

 WANTED

 
 

 

PATCH?

 

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Mission Control Element 

 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Launch and Recovery Element.

GLOBAL HAWK 

USA-AUSTRALIA ENDURANCE FLIGHT

GLOBAL HAWK
WANTED WANTED  I HAVE IT  I HAVE IT

 

     
NORTHROP GRUMMAN

 FULL SCALE MODEL DONATION JUNE 2011

 

     
 I HAVE IT

 

     
 

NASA.

 

     
NASA GLOBAL HAWK

AIRBORNE SCIENCE PROGRAM

 

     
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EUROHAWK  GERMAN AIR FORCE

GLOBAL HAWK

U.S.A.F.--EADS DEMONSTRATOR

 

GAF

51 RECONNAISSANCE

SQUADRON

EURO HAWK

PALMDALE  ROLL OUT

GAF

51 RECONNAISSANCE

SQUADRON

 

 I HAVE IT WANTED  I HAVE IT WANTED
GLOBAL HAWK  

RYAN AERONAUTICAL CENTER

 I HAVE IT

 

 I HAVE IT

 

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