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  • CSAF Letter to Airmen on Standards

    CSAF Allvin released a video explaining why our service is reviewing certain policies and standards to ensure they are easy to understand, easy to comply with, and easy to enforce across our entire Air Force. Today, he is following through on his promise to swiftly distribute updates.

  • Beale defenders train on autonomous targets at the range

    The smell of smoke and the deafening sound of bullets filled the air as Airmen directed the rounds of M249 light machine guns at human-like, robotic targets, one after another. When hit, these mannequin-like targets slump over, giving positive indication of a lethal shot.The 9th Security Forces

  • Reindeer on the radar: 7 SWS continues Santa Tracker tradition

    On Christmas Eve, U.S. Space Force Guardians of the 7th Space Warning Squadron (7 SWS) at Beale Air Force Base picked up an unusually jolly radar signature flying over North America. 7 SWS provides missile warning, missile defense and space domain awareness for the West Coast. But today, these

  • Egress to Excellence: Charlie Toomer’s Story

    Charlie Toomer, 9th Maintenance Squadron egress systems craftsman, joined the Air Force in November of 1970. Originally from Georgia, he wanted to follow his brother and work on the railroad.However, with the Vietnam War raging on, his draft number came up and Toomer was given a choice; get placed

  • Team Beale continues winter tradition of trimming holiday tree

    For most, putting the star on the top of the tree might mean pulling out a step ladder. For the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron’s (CES) electrical systems shop on Beale, things are a little bigger—they trim the tree from the bucket of a truck.Michael Davis, a 9th CES high voltage electrician, has been

  • Deployed to Lead: Beale Airmen Power Expeditionary Operations

    Airmen from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing prepared for departure to become deployed Airmen under U.S. Central Command’s Combined Air Component – Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central). Beale’s deployers were joined by family, friends and fellow Airmen to see them off. It was an emotional gathering, but