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  • Air Force continues force management programs

    Air Force leadership announced a resumption of all force management programs today following a recently discussed strategic pause."After providing senior leadership a chance to evaluate the programs and assess our early progress, we are ready to resume immediate processing of voluntary applications

  • Beale First Sergeants give back

    Team Beale showed its volunteer spirit by helping feed more than 120 families during a food drive in Penn Valley, Calif., March 11.With the help of Beale's first sergeants' council, The Food Bank of Nevada County organized a food drive to provide groceries and home essentials to local residents. "We

  • BMLG raises funds for Operation Warm Heart

    The Beale Military Liaison Group presented Beale with a check worth more than $21,000, March 12. The funds were donated in honor of Operation Warm Heart, which is a program geared towards fund quality of life projects.Warm Heart is managed by the First Sergeants' Council and organizes turkey dinner

  • Military tradition: Father and son serve together at Beale

    It was March 1994 when Joseph Surin left for Air Force Basic Training; twenty years later his son Darren Surin would be serving alongside him at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.When Joseph graduated high school, he decided he wasn't really the college type. Instead he wanted to do something different,

  • Air Force officials announce FY15 force structure changes

    Air Force officials released force structure changes today resulting from the fiscal year 2015 President's Budget announced March 4.To ensure the service successfully transitions to a leaner force that remains ready, the Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft across the inventories of all

  • ACC Command Chief visits Beale

    Chief Master Sgt. Richard Parsons, Air Combat Command's command chief, visited here March 3, 2014, and spoke to Airmen during an enlisted call at the base theater.Parsons addressed subjects such as enlisted performance reports, force management and the fiscal year 2015 budget."First and foremost, we

  • Family members of deployed Airmen support each other

    More than 50 family members of deployed Airmen gathered together for a Hearts Apart Dinner at the Recce Point Club here March 3.The dinner was Mardi Gras themed and provided an arts & crafts section for children and a multitude of resources for family members."Dinners such as these are crucial

  • This week in Beale history: SR-71 sets records

    On March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Raymond E. Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph T. Vida set multiple speed records flying the SR-71 serial number 64-17972 coast-to-coast in 67 minutes 53 seconds averaging 2,124.51 mph.On that day Vida and Yielding also set the speed record from Kansas City, Mo. to Washington

  • Local community celebrates annual Bok Kai Festival

    The 134th annual Bok Kai Parade took place in Marysville, Calif., March 1, 2014. Beale Airmen attended the event and contributed to the festivities.The dragon name is Hong Wan Lung also known as the God of the River. The dragon was created in Hong Kong and was first used in the 2009 Bok Kai

  • Beale Airman competes in 2014 Armed Forces Cross Country Championships

    The wind slowly creeps up his back as he advances into the vastness laid out before him. Running mile after mile is exhausting, yet his determination drives him forward to the finish line. This was the scene for Senior Airman Derek Gwin, a 9th Reconnaissance Wing civil law paralegal, at the 2014