9th Reconnaissance Wing Archives

Here Is The Route A U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Is Currently Flying During A Surveillance Mission Over The Black Sea And Ukraine

July 20, 2017 David Cenciotti

A gigantic U.S. Air Force RQ-4 is currently flying over Ukraine, broadcasting its position for everyone to see. U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk UASs (Unmanned Aerial Systems) belonging to the 9th Operations Group/Detachment 4th of the […]

Gigantic U.S. Global Hawk drone could be tracked online while flying 21-hour mission over Libya

February 5, 2017 David Cenciotti

We can’t say whether it happened by accident or on purpose, but a U.S. unmanned spy aircraft broadcast its position for everyone to see while flying a long mission over northern Libya. It’s not a […]

U.S. Air Force TU-2S crashes in California. Two pilots aboard eject.

September 20, 2016 David Cenciotti

A two seater variant of the U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base has just crashed in Sutter County, California. A TU-2S assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, from Beale AFB, crashed about 9.05 […]

Chase car footage shows why the U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most technically difficult planes to land

December 3, 2015 Dario Leone

Watch these U-2 Dragon Ladies land at RAF Fairford. Taken on Jun. 9, 2015 this interesting footage shows why the Dragon Lady is one of the most difficult plane to land in the world. As we […]

[Photo] Five U-2 Spyplanes lined up in front of 9th RW hangar at Beale Air Force Base

January 7, 2015 David Cenciotti

Actually, you can spot more than five U-2 Drangon Lady aircraft in this cool image Beale Air Force Base, home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, north of Sacramento, hosts the last U.S. Air Force’s U-2 […]