Unmanned Air Force plane crashes in remote area near Lone Pine

Bakersfield.com ^ | June 21, 2017 | BY STEVEN MAYER

[11th_VA]

An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed Wednesday in an uninhabited area near Lone Pine, in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range, an Edwards Air Force Base public affairs officer said in a news release.

The crash occurred at approximately 1:45 p.m. No injuries or deaths were reported.

The Global Hawk was assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and was on a ferry flight from Edwards en route to its home station when it crashed, according to the release.

The cause of the accident has not been determined.

[11th_VA]

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[11th_VA]

Pic

[gaijin]

Wow, that one was expensive.

[gaijin]

Costs about $130 million per unit.

[Alas Babylon!]

It’s beautiful!

[bgill]

The cause of the accident has not been determined.

Someone leaked the radio channel?

[Bratch]

[BenLurkin]

Ground level

[oldplayer]

“It’s beautiful.” Really? To me, it looks like a craft only a Klingon could love.

[FreedomPoster]

At some level, a UAV U-2.

[Tucker39]

Was it totaled?

[Tucker39]

Yes. After seeing the photo, if that was the crash site, it was totaled.