High Altitude ISR

We visited the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at RAF Fairford and talked with some of the personnel about the challenges and triumphs of serving as a woman in the United States Air Force.

U-2 Pilot Interviews
Fire trucks from the 812th Civil Engineer Squadron provide a water salute to an RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to and operated by the 452nd Flight Test Squadron, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 23. The 452nd FLTS held a “sunsetting” event for the RQ-4 Global Hawk flight test program at Edwards AFB, June 9. The event marked the completion of the squadron’s test campaign for the aircraft. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

RQ-4 Global Hawk
Recently a U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base participated for the first time in exercise Northern Edge at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Northern Edge is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise, hosting approximately 6,000 service members, 200 fixed wing aircraft and maritime forces represented by every branch of the military. The exercise helped showcase the U-2's unique capabilities and advance into the future.

The U-2 Takes On Northern Edge 17 - VIDEO
An RQ-4 Global Hawk sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 2, 2023. U.S. Pacific Air Forces utilize RQ-4 Global Hawks to provide theater-wide enduring operational support as part of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S, Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

RQ-4 Global Hawk
The 452nd Flight Test Squadron recently completed its final test sortie of the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Past members of the test team reflect on the RQ-4's legacy to the Air Force, autonomous flight and flight test.

RQ-4 Global Hawk - VIDEO
During Empire Challenge 10, analysts from the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing provided U-2 Dragon Lady (like the aircraft pictured above) and RQ-4A Global Hawk imagery and feeds, as well as tested data interoperability with distributed common ground system elements from other services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

U-2 Dragon Lady

Colonel Michael Jungquist is Senior Materiel Leader – High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems at Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wrigh-Patterson AFB, Ohio where he leads a 330 member team managing the logistics, sustainment, engineering, and financial support for the U-2S Dragonlady and RQ-4 Globalhawk high altitude reconnaissance systems, which includes foreign materiel sales to two partner nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

MISSION: Deliver, modernize and sustain manned and unmanned High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities that equip Warfighters to win the fight!

VISION: Be a professional and collaborative team delivering High Altitude ISR capabilities through agility and discipline, at the speed of relevance.

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ABOUT US

DELIVERING CAPABILITIES AT THE SPEED OF RELEVANCE

Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage & Assess

DELIVERING CAPABILITIES AT THE SPEED
OF RELEVANCE