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  • Beale Airmen promote positive relations between law enforcement; communities

    9th Security Forces Squadron Airmen participated in the annual National Night Out, hosted in Marysville, recently to promote positive relations between law enforcement and the local community they are sworn to protect.National Night Out is an event held in over 16,000 communities nationwide. 9th SFS

  • Enlisted pilots complete check ride

    The first group of enlisted pilots recently completed their initial check rides in the basic qualification training for the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

  • New equipment gives Airmen time to breathe

    After a pilot completes their Initial Aerospace Physiology Training they occasionally go through a refresher course to maintain their flying status. In order to complete the course aircrew work with the 9th Physiological Support Squadron for a variety of reasons, including a hypoxia demonstration.

  • ACC commander visits Beale

    Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, visited the base and met with members of Team Beale July 26-27.During his visit, Holmes toured various facilities where he spoke to Airmen and attended numerous meetings and briefings.

  • AF announces enlisted PME redesign

    WASHINGTON – Air Force officials announced major changes to the enlisted professional military education program today via an initiative called Enlisted Professional Military Education for the 21st Century, or “EPME 21”.   A major initiative of EPME 21 is that time in service will no longer dictate

  • Aircrew egress: Giving pilots peace of mind

    Ejecting from an aircraft isn’t anything a pilot wants to do, but in the case of an emergency they may have to. Thankfully, the U-2 Dragon Lady and the T-38 Talon are equipped with ejection seats which allow Beale’s pilots to exit at a moment’s notice. The ejection seats are so vital to pilot

  • Launch and recovery

    Crew Chiefs from the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform daily maintenance on the U-2 Dragon Lady, which helps ensure the aircraft is ready to perform worldwide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. These Airman also play a critical role in the launch and recovery process

  • Enlisted soar to new heights

    Due to a shortage of pilots and an increased demand for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the Air Force had to innovate and called upon enlisted Airmen to help supplement the number of pilots needed to meet our ISR demands by becoming remotely piloted aircraft pilots.

  • Airmen work together to create A.C.E

    A group of Airmen at Beale have recently created a new organization called A.C.E or “Airmen Committed to Excellence”. The idea behind A.C.E is to bring together Airmen from across the base to network both professionally and socially with the goal of building better bonds as wingmen. “We have been