Global Hawk begins useful, but limited, flights over Afghanistan

Global Hawk, the Air Force's high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, began flying missions over Afghanistan last week, according to Pentagon officials, who added that it is still too soon to assess how the new system is performing. "It has had a very limited number of hours on station...

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