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South Korea to take delivery of RQ-4 from next month

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South Korea will take delivery of the RQ-4 unmanned air vehicles that it ordered back in 2014 next month.

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2017. This was its first take-off since its arrival May 1, 2017. The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance priorities, operational plans, and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2017. This was its first take-off since its arrival May 1, 2017. The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance priorities, operational plans, and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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RQ-4s will soon be operating out of Yokota Air Base, Japan

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374th Airlift Wing has announced that a detachment of RQ-4s will relocate from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to Yokota Air Base, Japan.

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2017. This was its first take-off since its arrival May 1, 2017. The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance priorities, operational plans, and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2017. This was its first take-off since its arrival May 1, 2017. The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance priorities, operational plans, and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

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