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U.S. Pacific Air Forces permanently transitioned RQ-4 Global Hawks from the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 319th Operation Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to Yokota Air Base, Japan, late May, 2026
The move to base the RQ-4 at Yokota Air Base supports more favorable weather in the Kanto Region during typhoon season will maximize the unit's ability to support theater-wide operations. This ensures persistent reconnaissance in a region where challenges to a free and open Indo-Pacific continue to increase.
The Global Hawk's mission is to support a broad range of U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance collection capabilities to support joint forces, and allies and partners in worldwide peacetime, contingency, and crisis operations.
"Yokota Air Base is the right location to support current and future RQ-4 operations in the theater, while upholding the quality of life of our Airmen and families," said Lt. Col. Adam Otten, 4th Reconnaissance Squadron commander. "We would like to thank Guam and the Andersen Air Force Base community for hosting the Global Hawk the past sixteen years. We are excited to be here, and we are confident that the unit will thrive alongside Team Yokota."
The Global Hawk serves as a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted and unarmed aerial reconnaissance system. The aircraft provides persistent, day and night, high resolution, all weather imagery of large geographic areas with an array of integrated sensors and cameras.
| Date Taken: | 05.30.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.15.2026 20:05 |
| Story ID: | 567529 |
| Location: | YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, JP |
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