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  • Don't Let the Sun Ruin Your Fun

    Memorial Day to Labor Day marks the 101 Critical Days of Summer. While everyone is eager to pack up the car and go on an adventure, the hottest days of the summer need a little more caution than most. Beale AFB is situated in very hot weather during this time frame and so people are encouraged to

  • Every day is International Day of Friendship at 16th Air Force

    International Day of Friendship is about building bridges between communities to inspire peace, a day celebrated on July 30, 2023.16th Air Force continues to build bridges amongst our Allies and partners, and even provides them the opportunity to integrate directly into the organization’s

  • Prescribing Books: Beale Pediatricians Promote Child Literacy

    Young Emerson Hales sits on her moms’ lap as her eyes look up and down the colorful pictures of the book she just received. As Nicole Hales reads to her daughter, Emerson takes a quick break from the story to look up at her mom and smile.The magic of reading and storytelling is a typical setting at

  • AFSVC announces 2023 Air Force Art Contest winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Services Center announced the winners of the 2023 Air Force Art Contest July 11. “With over 1,400 entries this year, the judges had a challenging time deciding the top three in each of the categories,” said Debbie Southee, community programs

  • Empowering motherhood, the 548th ISRG’s sanctuary for nursing mothers

    Although Airmen are the face of the force, it is families that give them the support needed to continue. The Air Force continuously strives to create a culture supportive of Airmen and their families, and the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (ISRG) supports this effort.

  • U-2 Soars High at Weapons School

    The U-2 Dragon Lady performed exceptionally while participating as an asset during the capstone event of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School 23-A cycle, May 16 - June 7 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.The Air Force Weapons School, also known as the Weapons Instructor Course (WIC), trains weapons

  • Exercise DRAGON FANG soars to success

    Less than a year after the introduction of the Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN) model, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing put the deployment concept into action with Exercise DRAGON FANG.

  • Beale’s Bioenvironmental Team Makes National Impact

    Canadian wildfires present unsafe conditions for people living along the East Coast due to poor air quality variables. The vast California wildfires are nothing new to Beale’s bioenvironmental engineering flight, which has given a helping hand to how these conditions can affect the human body and

  • The 9th Reconnaissance Wing conducts Full-Scale Readiness Exercise

    The 9th Reconnaissance Wing kicks off Exercise DRAGON FANG, an Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN) centered exercise June 12-16 here.“The purpose of this exercise is to test and evaluate our ability to survive and operate during combat operations,” said Col. Geoffrey Church, 9th Reconnaissance