US Global Hawk spy drone guards the Black Sea

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Thu Mar 10, 2022

The most-watched aircraft on the flight tracking App Flightradar 24 is a Global Hawk unmanned spy drone that has been flying over the Balck Sea just south of Russia’s naval base at Sevastopol. Over 20,000 people are watching the activities of the Global Hawk which has a call sign of “Forte10”. The $170 million aircraft is piloted remotely and operates from Italy. READ: Ocean Infinity commits to a new search for MH370 in 2023. READ: Hundreds of thousands watching spy planes and drones near UKraine. It has an endurance of about 32 hours and can fly over 22,000km at an altitude of 18,000m. UPDATE: Here is today's mission.   Here is a Global Hawk. ABOUT AirlineRatings.com Airlineratings.com was developed to provide everyone in the world a one-stop shop for everything related to airlines, formed by a team of aviation editors, who have forensically researched nearly every airline in the world. Our rating system is rated from one to seven stars on safety – with seven being the highest ranking. Within each airline, you will find the country of origin, airline code, booking URL, and seat map information. The rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations, as well as the airlines, own safety data. Every airline has a safety rating breakdown so you can see exactly how they rate.

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