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Article: Gaining access to Global Hawks during weekends improves training process.(Round the Reserve: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserve Command)
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- Citizen Airman
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- April 1, 2009
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The 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., has reached another milestone in its transformation to a reconnaissance mission. In January, aircraft maintainers in the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron trained for the first time during a unit training assembly weekend on an RQ-4 Global Hawk.
According to Lt. Col. John Welch, 13th RS commander, working on Global Hawks during UTAs will help traditional Reservists get the necessary instruction they need as maintainers on the unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft.
"This is a significant step forward for us," he said. "Most of our people have lots of experience ...