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  • 548th ISRG Airmen visit Sacramento State to develop tomorrow’s leaders

    For a second time in the past six months, Airmen from the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group have been instrumental in developing tomorrow's Air Force leaders. Maj. Sara, 13th Intelligence Squadron training flight commander, organized and led eight Airmen to provide

  • Beale offers Basic Riders Course II

    Twelve members of Team Beale participated in the Basic Riders Course II at the Omni parking lot here May 23. The course's main focuses were safety and a basic riding skills refresher using their personal motorcycle."The course is designed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation for riders who already

  • First sergeants pump random kindness

    Beale's first sergeants manned the fuel pumps here May 24 for two hours to give away $2,000 in free gasoline to Airmen.This random act of kindness was part of Operation Warm Heart to help relieve the rising cost of fuel and help first sergeants show their faces across base."This was a great

  • Air Force Research Laboratory investigates U-2 pilot size

    With the U-2 Dragon Lady expected to fly well into the future, the experts from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited here May 21-24 to investigate how short or tall a pilot can be and still function in the cockpit.The visiting doctors used a coordinated

  • 9 RW holds change of command ceremony

    Col. Phil Stewart took command of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing from Brig. Gen. Paul McGillicuddy during a change of command ceremony here May 10.Lt. Gen. Robin Rand, 12th Air Force commander, was the presiding official for the event. Rand spoke of McGillicuddy's outstanding leadership and performance

  • Air Force libraries serve ‘delicious’ summer reading program

    The Department of Defense summer reading program returns this month to more than 250 installation libraries, including 74 Air Force libraries, with a goal to encourage and support a love of reading among military children and families. This year's theme is "Reading is so Delicious!" and library