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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      N/AGlobal Hawks return to Yokota AB, provides continuous support to joint partners, allies
                        
                        
                        An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 319th Operations Group Detachment 1, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May, 30, 2020, for a rotational deployment. The movement maintains operations for Global Hawks during months of inclement weather on Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Church)
                
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        N/AGlobal hawks return to Yokota, provides continuous support to joint partners, allies
                        
                        
                        An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 319th Operations Group Detachment 1, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May, 30, 2020, for a rotational deployment. The movement maintains operations for Global Hawks during months of inclement weather on Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Church)
                
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        Global Hawks return to Yokota AB, provides continuous support to joint partners, allies
                        
                        
                        An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 319th Operations Group Detachment 1, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, lands at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May, 30, 2020, for a rotational deployment. The movement maintains operations for Global Hawks during months of inclement weather on Guam. (U.S. Air Force courtesy video)
                
                
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Global Hawks return to Yokota AB, provides continuous support to joint partners, alliesPublished June 4, 2020
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. Matthew Gilmore
                    
                    
                    374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
            **YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) --****Pacific Air Forces** will conduct a rotation of **RQ-4 Global Hawk**s from **Andersen Air Force Base**, Guam, to **Yokota Air Base** beginning May 30 to ensure continuous operations in support of **U.S. Indo-Pacific Command**’s reconnaissance requirements.
The rotation of Global Hawks, owned by the **319th Reconnaissance Wing** Detachment 1, to Yokota AB provides a stable location from which the platform can operate when inclement weather in Guam, including typhoon activities, historically hinder readiness.
“Having alternate locations to execute our mission during seasons of inclement weather ensures our ability to continue executing U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the alliance reconnaissance requirements in support of the defense of Japan and to maintain international peace and security in the region,” explained Lt. Col. Ben Craycraft, 319th Operations Group Detachment 1 commander.
“I am extremely excited to return to Yokota (AB) and continue to build our partnership with this extremely capable base and its supportive community,” he continued. “As in 2019, Yokota AB continues to provide the most ideal location for our operations due to the Kanto Plain’s favorable weather and our ability to conduct operations without causing impacts to Yokota (AB)’s flight operations or the local communities surrounding the base.”
The Global Hawk's mission is to support a broad spectrum of U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, collection capabilities to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and crisis operations.
In addition to supporting ISR requirements, the Global Hawk has been used for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, such as **Operation Tomodachi** and in support of multiple search and rescue missions in the vicinity of Japan.
The Global Hawk serves as a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted and unarmed aerial reconnaissance system. The aircraft is designed to provide persistent, day and night, high-resolution, all-weather imagery of large geographic areas with an array of integrated sensors and cameras.
“Yokota (AB) continues to demonstrate it is one of the most effective and capable bases to safely receive aircraft and personnel during annual rotations or during a crisis or contingency,” added Col. Otis Jones, 374th Airlift Wing commander. “Whether it’s an unseen enemy like the coronavirus or more visible threats like typhoons, Team Yokota is ready to ensure our partners and allies can continue their mission from a reliable airfield.”LR 



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