Beale Wing Eyes Reconnaissance Savings

By Amy Butler

BEALE AFB, Calif. — The only U.S. Air Force wing operating the venerable U-2 and new Global Hawk UAV is exploring some measures to reduce the cost of collecting intelligence.

Significant savings can be garnered by more efficiently assigning manpower to the Global Hawk and the even newer MC-12W Project Liberty aircraft, says Col. Robert Yahn, vice commander of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing. This ...

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