9th Reconnaissance Wing

E688294

The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is a United States Air Force unit responsible for high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations, historically operating aircraft such as the U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force wing
military unit
allegiance United States of America
branch United States Air Force
commandStructure United States Air Force NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
equipmentType manned reconnaissance aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicles
focus battlefield awareness
decision advantage for commanders
strategic intelligence collection
garrison Beale Air Force Base NERFINISHED
garrisonCountry United States NERFINISHED
garrisonState California NERFINISHED
hasCapability long-endurance reconnaissance missions
near-real-time imagery intelligence collection
signals intelligence collection
hasComponent flying squadrons
intelligence squadrons
maintenance squadrons
operations support squadrons
mission provide high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
support national and theater commanders with ISR
nickname 9 RW NERFINISHED
notableAircraft Lockheed U-2S NERFINISHED
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk NERFINISHED
operatesAircraft Lockheed U-2 NERFINISHED
RQ-4 Global Hawk NERFINISHED
U-2 Dragon Lady NERFINISHED
high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
operatesFrom Beale Air Force Base, California NERFINISHED
operationalAltitude high altitude
operationalDomain air
partOf Air Combat Command NERFINISHED
primaryAircraftRole ISR platform
role high-altitude reconnaissance
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
specialization strategic reconnaissance
tactical reconnaissance
supports United States intelligence community NERFINISHED
coalition operations
joint military operations
tasking combatant command ISR support
national-level intelligence collection
theater global operations
type reconnaissance wing

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beale Air Force Base garrison 9th Reconnaissance Wing
Sixteenth Air Force hasComponent 9th Reconnaissance Wing
Beale Air Force Base hostUnit 9th Reconnaissance Wing
"Habu" in Okinawa operations relatedToUnit 9th Reconnaissance Wing
subject surface form: Habu (Okinawa SR-71 operations)
this entity surface form: 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing