Drones To Fly First Mission Over America
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They’ve become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by “pilots” sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away. But the Air Force’s Global Hawk has never flown a mission over America. That is set to change today, when the first Global Hawk lands at Beale Air Force Base in California. “It’s the first time a Global Hawk has not only flown from Beale, but anywhere in the United States on an official Air Combat Command mission,” a base spokesman said in a statement.
