News

  • Beale Airmen make a difference for homeless veterans

    More than 70 Airmen from Beale Air Force Base, and Travis Air Force Base, recently volunteered their time to help homeless veterans in the Sacramento area during the Sacramento Stand Down. The event, which is in its 25th year, took place Sept. 16 to 18, 2016.Military and civilian volunteers assisted

  • POWs share perspective

    Team Beale held a ceremonial breakfast to honor POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 15, 2016, at the Community Activity Center here.

  • Clinic moving to extended hours

    The 9th Medical Group is extending its hours starting Oct. 1, 2016. The intent is for Airmen and their families to have expanded access to healthcare and greater flexibility in scheduling visits.

  • Team Beale honors 9/11 first responders

    Beale Air Force Base held a 9/11 first responder memorial ceremony to honor the police officers, firefighters, and paramedics who died while responding to the attacks. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

  • Maintenance beyond the aircraft

    Airmen from the 9th Physiological Support Squadron perform daily maintenance on full pressure suits, which U-2 Dragon Lady pilots wear during their high-altitude flights. The maintenance ensures U-2 pilots are safe when they encounter the conditions of near-space flight. The maintenance of full

  • Beale air traffic control team wins tower of the year

    The 9th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control team was presented with the 2015 D. Ray Hardin Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year Award for the Air Force Aug. 30, 2016, here.  The air traffic control team won the award which is given to the best tower in the Air Force for executing

  • 1,000th pilot tames U-2 Dragon Lady

    The U-2 Dragon Lady reached a milestone in its 61 years of service Aug. 31, 2016, here, qualifying Maj. J.J., 1st Reconnaissance Squadron student pilot, as the 1,000 pilot to operate the aircraft.J.J. completed his first solo flight to become a part of the select few who have tamed the Dragon Lady.

  • Get over the hump

    The Beale Chapel Corps. hosted Hump Day, a resiliency event for Airmen to talk about deployments and meet a certified therapy camel, Aug. 17, 2016, here.Hump Day’s featured guest, Hump-free, is a 13-year-old male dromedary (one hump) camel from Lyon Ranch in Sonoma, California. He has been a

  • AF to reduce additional duties

    In a memorandum to Airmen released Aug. 19, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein announced the service has established a task force titled “Airmen’s Time,” charged with streamlining, and in some cases eliminating, additional duties.

  • 9th SFS, local law enforcment eliminate threat during exercise

    9th Security Forces members extract wounded Airmen from a building during an active shooter exercise Aug. 17, 2016, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The exercise evaluated Beale first responders actions if an occurrence, such as an active shooter, were to happen on the installation. (U.S. Air