News

  • 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

  • B.I.G. initiative brings people together to make improvements

    Beale’s “Rising 6” created a new medium for Airmen tocollaborate on quality of life projects throughout the installation on Aug.16, 2016.The new program is known as the Beale Improvement Group, orB.I.G., and is designed to help facilitate conversations on base regardingimproving the installation and

  • Team Beale gets connected with family agencies on base, local community

    Agencies from Beale and the local community came together to support more than 70 new and expecting mothers during  Beale’s 3rd Annual Base Baby Shower Aug. 13, 2016, here. The event provided Team Beale the opportunity to build relationships with others, participate in baby shower activities and get

  • Some IDs may be invalid starting Aug. 15

    Individuals will no longer be able to access Air Force installations with a state-issued identification card or driver’s license from Minnesota, Missouri, Washington or American Samoa beginning Aug. 15.

  • Beale awarded for innovative environmental restoration practices

    The Secretary of Defense awarded Beale Air Force Base the 2016 Department of Defense Environmental Award for Environmental Restoration, Installation Aug 5, 2016, here. The installation received the award for making progress toward cleaning contamination from past defense activities, maintaining