Originally Posted by
KPax
I spoke with a couple of pilots who flew the 'Dragon Lady' and they told me about a trial where the Global Hawk and the U2 were given the same task, the comms were then cut to both assets. The U2 flew back to Beale the Global Hawk went to a default position until it ran out of fuel and crashed.
They were yanking your chain KPax...the Global Hawk will return to Beale or its pre-designated destination just as a manned aircraft will.