U.S. Air Force to move Global Hawk drone unit to Tokyo from Guam

TOKYO - A U.S. Air Force unit operating Global Hawk surveillance drones will be relocated from Andersen base in Guam to Yokota Air Base in Tokyo beginning this summer, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said Friday.

Three RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and about 150 personnel are expected to move to the U.S. air base in western Tokyo in phases, with no new facilities planned for the deployment, they said.