The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude ... of the BACN equipped aircraft. The Global Hawk is operated by the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and the 348 RG at ...

Every flier waits to hear those magic words after takeoff: “We have reached cruising altitude ... Leisure most transport category aircraft can fly at high altitudes, but their performance ...

and the Avro Vulcan bomber later became the most advanced bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force from 1956 to 1984. Primarily, Vulcan was intended as a high-altitude bomber capable of carrying ...

The U-2 planes join other surveillance aircraft on missions around the US-Mexico border. The US military has its high-altitude U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy planes and other reconnaissance aircraft flying ...