Photos: Global Hawk assists in Haiti relief efforts

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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. --  The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., launched a Block 10 RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle from Beale Jan. 13 to assist with the humanitarian aid mission in Haiti after the country suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12.

The Global Hawk is primarily used to record intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and its large coverage area makes it a useful tool for recording data and sending it to warfighters on the ground.