Northrop Grumman RQ-4B-40 Global Hawk
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United States Air Force Fleet

The RQ-7B Shadow is an unmanned tactical reconnaissance aircraft that became the US Army's primary battlefield surveillance platform for two decades of combat operations. First delivered in 2001, it is a high-wing twin-boom monoplane powered by a single Wankel rotary engine, capable of carrying up to 99 pounds of electro-optical sensors. With a 14-foot wingspan and 6-7 hour endurance, it accumulated over 750,000 flight hours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manufactured by AAI Corporation in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

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