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Feb. 23, 2024
Securing the Information Environment: 16th Air Force joins forces with Poland Cyber Command

Interoperability is the ability of organizations and systems to work together effectively and efficiently to reach a common objective.For 16th Air Force and the Poland Cyber Command, the common objective is to hunt, expose, disrupt and defeat malicious cyber actors and other malign threats in the
Feb. 21, 2024
Beale Security Forces expands Tactical Response Team enhancing Multi-Capable Airmen across multiple career fields

The 9th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) recently held tryouts for Airmen across multiple career fields to join Beale’s Tactical Response Team (TRT), also known as the Beale Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team.Just as SWAT teams in the civilian sector were created to overcome capability gaps
Feb. 12, 2024
Maintaining International Partnerships

In the fields of Beale AFB, looms a large concrete structure home to the 7 Space Warning Squadron (7 SWS). The U.S. Space Force unit is geographically separated from its home station at Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. 7 SWS is charged with monitoring the North American space
Feb. 12, 2024
Navy SEALs Train With Beale Defenders During Exercise Dragon Trident

Forty Airmen from the 9th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 9th Medical Group (MDG) and 9th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) from Beale Air Force Base, California, teamed up with East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) for joint Exercise Dragon Trident 1, Jan. 29-31, 2024. This 3-day
Feb. 9, 2024
99th ERS Educate Local Community on U-2 Dragon Lady

The 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron collaborated with the British-American Committee to educate the local community on the U-2 Dragon Lady while promoting friendship, understanding and mutual support between American military, civilian personnel and the British people among whom they live
Feb. 6, 2024
99th ERS Honors Fallen Members with a Memorial Flight

Members of 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., currently deployed to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) at RAF Fairford, England, gathered on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 04, 2024, in remembrance of three U.S. Army Soldiers killed in a drone attack on a small U.S.
Feb. 2, 2024
School Shooter Exercise

Airmen from the 9th Security Forces Squadron tactical response team (TRT) prepare to enter a classroom in an active shooter drill at Beale AFB, California, Dec. 7, 2023. This drill gave Airmen from Beale the opportunity to refine their skills in case of a real life emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo
Jan. 30, 2024
Remembering Mr. Calvin Hendrix

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron render a final salute to the late Calvin Hendrix, 9th CES deputy commander, during his memorial ceremony, Jan. 19, 2024, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Hendrix served in the U.S. Navy as an enlisted member as well as a commissioned
Jan. 30, 2024
Fini-Flight

The U.S. Air Force TU-2S Dragon Lady tail number 1065 performed its final flight Jan. 11, 2024, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Aircraft 1065 was originally delivered to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing as a TU-1S in 1983 to serve as a training aircraft for the U-2 program, and was
Jan. 23, 2024
Clear Skies Ahead

A U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady from the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron flies over Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 11, 2024. U-2 pilots perform touch and go’s routinely to maintain qualifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juliana Londono)