Airman 1st Class Max Todd hooks up the RQ-4B Global Hawk to a tow bar as a maintenance crew performs post flight checks, Nov. 24, 2009 at Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County, Calif. Officials say Pentagon budget cuts will end the Air Force's long-range surveillance drone known as the Global Hawk, but keep the Navy's version of the unmanned aircraft.

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