The first production version of the RQ-4A Global Hawk UAV rolls out at the Northrop Grumman facility at Palmdale, Calif. (Development versions were used in combat operations in Southwest Asia.)
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.