Title:

 RQ-4 Global Hawk Arrives at Yokota Air Base

Author:

Yasuo Osakabe

Source:

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

Date:

August 8, 2019 

Description:

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Pacific Air Forces deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawks, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5, 2019. The rotational deployment of the Global Hawk to Japan is necessary to ensure Airmen can continuously operate the platform during months in which inclement weather in Guam has the potential to hinder theater-wide operations through the summer to fall season.