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  • Beale BX grand reopening

    The 44-year old Beale Air Force Base Exchange is welcoming military personnel and their families Feb. 25, 2016, after seven months of renovation.The approximate $1.9 million project included new flooring, a floor plan to accommodate an expanded product line, new displays and a new central checkout

  • Learning my role

    Time and time again I hear, "Everyone makes senior airman, and it's no big deal." If it wasn't a big deal, something to be proud of or a stepping stone, why is there a rank in the first place?I put on senior airman earlier this year and I can tell you I doubted whether making senior airman was a

  • Love, Service, and Sacrifice

    "Will you marry me?"  It's a phrase that invokes an overabundance of emotions for many and depending on the answer, the beginning of a new journey.  Marriages and relationships are all about compromise, communication, teamwork, sacrifice, commitment, love, (insert your thoughts here). Everyone has

  • ACC commander highlights Beale ISR mission

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, visited Beale Air Force Base to experience the multi-faceted mission of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group Feb. 9, 2016.During a base all-call, he discussed the Culture and

  • Fueling the mission & saving money

    A steady rumble cancels out the sound of the outside world as the pistons within the twin Cummins  400 diesel engines have begun to churn, Josef Walter, a locomotive engineer with the 9th Support Division, is at the helm of the 80-ton locomotive on Beale Air Force Base.The train is heading south

  • Construction update: Progress being made on Beale's CE structure, DCGS

    Beale's newest facilities, the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron's Administration and Operations Facility and the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group's Distribution Common Ground System, are progressing in their construction since the ground breaking in April 2015."Currently, both

  • SR-71 Blackbird: Gone but not forgotten...

    Twenty-six years ago today, Beale said goodbye to the fastest air-breathing jet in the world, the SR-71 Blackbird.The Blackbird was an advanced, long-range, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft that called Beale Air Force Base home from January 1966 to January 1990.But for Master Sgt. Floyd

  • Symbolism and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing

    The average American encounters 362 advertisements per day, according to a 2014 Media Dynamics study. Symbols and logos are an integral part of our modern experience from traffic signs to store signage and in the case of Beale Air Force Base, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing Crest. The distinctive emblem

  • Boil Water Advisory

    There is currently a Boil Water Advisory in effect for all Beale Air Force Base consumers as of 6 p.m., January 17, 2016.  Water should be boiled for at least 5 minutes before drinking, making ice cubes, washing foods, brushing teeth or in any other activity involving the consumption of water.During