Air Combat Command Shield

U-2 Dragon Lady

The U-2 provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, in direct support of U.S. and allied forces.

T-38 Talon

The T-38A Talon is a 2-seat, twin-engine, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles because of its design, economy of operations, ease of maintenance, high performance and exceptional safety record. Air Education and Training Command is the primary user of the T-38C for joint specialized undergraduate pilot training. Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command and the National Aeronautics and Space administration also use the T-38A in various roles. The T-38A is used at Beale AFB as the companion trainer to the U-2 program.

PAVE PAWS

PAVE PAWS is a radar system operated for missile warning and space surveillance, primarily to detect and track sea-launched (SLBM) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

ACC Fact Sheet

Air Combat Command, with headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, Va., is a major command created June 1, 1992, by combining its predecessors Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command. ACC is the primary provider of combat air forces to America's unified combatant commands. Learn more about ACC.

9th Reconnaissance Wing

The wing also maintains a high state of readiness in its expeditionary combat support forces for potential deployment in response to theater contingencies. The 9th RW is composed of more than 3,000 personnel in four groups at Beale and multiple overseas operating locations. At any given moment, day or night, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, there is probably a U-2 aircraft from the 9th RW flying an operational mission somewhere in the world.

Beale's History

Camp Beale opened in October 1942 as a training site for the 13th Armored and the 81st and 96th Infantry Divisions. During World War II, Camp Beale's 86,000 acres were home for more than 60,000 soldiers, a prisoner-of-war encampment and a 1,000-bed hospital. In 1948, the camp transferred from the Army to the Air Force.

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  • 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron

    Mission The 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is one of four squadrons assigned to the 9th Medical Group, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, California. The primary function of the 9th Aerospace Medicine Squadron is to support the global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

  • 195th Wing- California Air National Guard

    Mission We are dedicated cyber, space, and intelligence professionals, leveraging our knowledge and expertise into a lethal and cohesive fighting force to protect state and federal interests. VisionBy 2023, we will operate as a unified Wing, acting as one organization instead of discrete units.  Our

  • 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron

    MissionThe 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron is located at Beale Air Force Base, California, providing comprehensive transportation, deployment readiness, supply, fuel, and vehicle support to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, 7th Space Warning Squadron, 548th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

  • 53rd Test and Management Group Detachment 5

    MISSIONThe 53 Test and Management Group Detachment 5 is a selectively manned unit responsible for managing and executing HQ ACC-directed operational test and evaluations (OT&E) and tactics development and evaluations (TD&E) for  U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk sensor, hardware, and software

  • 548th Operations Support Squadron

    The 548th Operations Support Squadron “Warhawks” is responsible for mission management, operational training, weapons and tactics, fusion operations, and plans. The men and women of the OSS coordinate scheduling, training, planning, and assessments for the more than 700 mission-ready crewmembers of

  • 9th Maintenance Squadron

     MISSIONTo produce mission capable aircraft and equipment for High Altitude Reconnaissance missions and student training sorties.    ORGANIZATIONNearly 370 active duty, contractors, and civilian members are assigned to the 9th Maintenance Squadron. The unit consists of six flights: Accessories

  • 38th Intelligence Squadron

    The 38th Intelligence Squadron (IS) is a Classic Associate Unit designed to provide a cadre of multi-disciplined, combat mission-ready Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) professionals to the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS).  Squadron personnel conduct tactical, operational

  • 372nd Training Squadron Detachment 21

    DET 21 MISSION:  Optimize aerospace maintenance training to best support the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing. Train and Inspire Warriors Make great maintainers and communicators even better Deliver state-of-the-art maintenance and

  • 69th Reconnaissance Group

    The 69th Reconnaissance Group operates and maintains deployable, high-altitude, long-endurance RQ-4/EQ-4 aircraft and ground control elements to fulfill requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and the Secretary of Defense. The group provides theater

  • 348th Reconnaissance Squadron

    MissionThe RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. Global Hawk's mission is to provide a broad spectrum of ISR