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  • Deployed U-2 Maintenance Unit embodies cohesion, flexibility

    U-2 Dragon Lady aircrews are able to fly vital Air Tasking Orders and combat missions because of the maintenance work completed every day by the men and women of the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Dragon Aircraft Maintenance Unit."I feel like we're really making a difference

  • Team Beale raises sexual assault awareness

    More than 300 runners participated in a 5K Teal Run to kick-off Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 4.The month of April was designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in 2001 with the goal to raise awareness about sexual assault and educate the public on

  • Beale hosts Children's Spring Carnival

    Team Beale hosted a Children's Spring Carnival at the Youth Center on Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 4, 2014. The event featured a rock climbing wall, bounce house, putt-putt golf, mini games, face painting, food, treats and prizes. To view slideshow.

  • Team Beale conducts exercise to improve emergency capabilities

    Airmen from the 9th Medical Group and other agencies here participated in an exercise to gain proficiency loading patients onto emergency helicopters April 2, 2014. Unlike most Air Force installations Beale must rely upon outside agencies to transport patients in emergency situations. View

  • Beale kicks off AFAF campaign

    The 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund kicked off at Beale March 24 and runs through May 2. The campaign is an Air Force-wide program that benefits active-duty members, reserve, guard, retirees, and surviving spouses and families.This year Beale has set an installation goal of raising $89,874."After our

  • Beale honors maintenance professionals

    The 9th Maintenance Group honored its superior performers at the 2013 Maintenance Professional of the Year banquet held at the Community Activity Center, March 21. The original Maintenance Professional Award was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding performance of direct, sortie-producing

  • We Are Airmen

    Not very long ago, I reviewed an EPR that had a bullet showcasing someone's contribution to a training endeavor. The impact meant to capture the number of personnel trained from different branches of service, and I noted the supervisor referred to Army personnel as "Soldiers," Navy personnel as

  • We can do more with less

    The new way of doing business is to do more with less. At one point I to use to say "oh you have to be kidding, I cannot continue to function with this level of support" (or what I thought was the lack of it). With that sentiment out of the way, we can now take a moment to observe how the Air Force

  • 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