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  • Global Hawk [N-1] sets sail from Edwards

    04/02/2006 9:24:35 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 6 replies · 524+ views
    http://www.avpress.com/n/02/0402_s8.hts ^ | April 2, 2006 | CHRISTOPHER BALL 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
    EDWARDS AFB - A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle known as N-1 took off from Edwards' main runway Monday evening on a one-way mission to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The N-1, an RQ-4A Global Hawk - one of two acquired by the U.S. Navy through the Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Program - is the first of its kind delivered to the Navy and is being prepared for participation in the Navy's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006. The delivery was enabled by the installation of a launch and recovery element at Patuxent River that allows the Navy to begin...