Attrition Report
AIR COMBAT Command has released the Accident Investigation Board (AIB) report into the loss of a US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk in California on June 21 last year – see Attrition, August 2017, p90. The report, published on September 26, identifies the aircraft as 07-2029 ‘BB’ from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing/12th Reconnaissance Squadron. The executive summary indicates that the RQ-4B began breaking up in mid-air near Lone Pine, California, at approximately 1310hrs local (L) time, approximately 49 minutes after take-off, while conducting a ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Beale AFB, California.