Neither the U-2 Dragon Lady nor the RQ-4 Global Hawk-the Air Force's highest-altitude spyplanes-are new. The high-altitude U-2 harkens back to the 1950s, and its remotely piloted Global Hawk stablemate has flown since the 1990s. However, as the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance needs evolve rapidly, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, Calif., is reinventing the way it uses the aircraft and how it trains their pilots and operators.
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