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  • Valued Thought

    Integrity First, Service Before Self and Excellence In All We Do has been a vector guiding us for more than a generation of Airman. It could be debated our foundation has been with us so long that we go about our busy mission execution often without even giving our ethos a thought. There may even be

  • U-2 Dragon Lady above all

    Piloting a U-2 Dragon Lady is no simple task. The aircraft is widely regarded as the most difficult aircraft in the world to fly. U-2 aiframes are used to perfrom intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at altitude's more than 70,000 ft.For pilots to fly at such extreme altitude's they are

  • Beale hosts Hearts Apart Dinner, tree lighting

    More than 200 families and friends attended the Holiday Hearts Apart Dinner and base tree lighting ceremony held at the Recce Point Club Dec. 4.The 9th Force Support Squadrons and Airman & Family Readiness Center together with Beale's first sergeants, firefighters, and volunteers from the base

  • Fire station honors fallen Beale Airman

    Cal-Fire Butte County Headquarters honored Capt. Randy Roby and Geraldine Vering with a memorial in front of the fire station in Oroville, Calif., Nov. 22.The event replaced an old wooden memorial with a new metal and stone monument."It is our honor to present this memorial as recognition of the

  • Disabled Navy veteran receives a valuable gift

    A disabled Navy veteran was honored during halftime of a Sacramento Kings basketball game Nov. 13, 2013, at the Sleep Train Arena. Christopher Paulsen was presented a sports wheel-chair from the Patriots Honor organization. Paulsen sustained an injury to his lower left leg, which resulted in an

  • Beale Airmen return home

    A group of Beale AIrmen recently returned home to thier loved ones Nov. 7, 2013, at Sacramento International airport. To view slideshow.

  • Beale supports local Veterans Day parade

    Team Beale supported the Yuba/Sutter Veterans Day Parade in Marysville, Calif., Nov. 11.Col. Phil Stewart, 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, served as the grand marshal of the event.Click here to view slideshow. 

  • Contrails reopens to all base patrons

    The Contrails Dining Facility held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of its seven month renovation, Nov. 14.The $10 million Food Transformation Initiative enhances menu options for the more than 400 Essential Meal Card Holders and will now be open to all military, dependents,

  • 427th RS Airmen achieve flying milestone

    Airmen from the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron were recognized during a recent commander's call to acknowledge a flying milestone. Seventeen Airmen were honored at the event by achieving a combined 20,000 combat hours flying in the MC-12W Liberty.The Airmen average more than 1,100 combat hours