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  • Growing tomorrow's leaders

    Our role as leaders is to cultivate each and every Airman and help them reach their full potential so one day, they will be ready to take our place. It is our responsibility to plant the initial seed for our young Airmen, nurture their development and prune when needed, ensuring the growth of new

  • MC-12W airframe now boasts 'Buddy Lase' capability

    Beale Airmen are training here and at locations around the globe on how to employ the Buddy Lase laser targeting system aboard the MC-12W Liberty airframe. The Buddy Lase system provides a precise laser spot for terminal guidance of laser-guided bombs and missiles.Multiple airframes already have the

  • Fishing tourney raises nearly $10,000 for Beale's Wounded Warriors

    More than 175 Team Beale and local community members gathered to support local Wounded Warriors with a fishing tournament at the Sacramento River near North Sacramento Calif., Aug 24.The tournament was hosted by Balfour Beatty with support of Beale's Airman and Family Readiness Center.As of Sep 3,

  • New Air National Guard Facility closes in on completion

    The new Wing Operations & Training Facility building edges closer to its May 2014 completion date. The 10,800-square foot single story building will house the 162nd Combat Communications Group, a California Air National Guard unit based out of Sacramento. Total construction cost for the new building

  • What is the aperture of available resources?

    Aviation has used a principle called crew resource management for over three decades. In the simplest terms, crew resource management, or CRM, is the effective use of all available resources. The aspect of CRM I will focus on in the commentary is the essence of available resources.Recently, my

  • How we serve

    There is more we can do to protect the American way of life than shouldering a weapon and deploying to fight our nation's wars. We can also pick up a hammer and help foster a better standard of living - a better way of life - for members of our local community. In doing so, we build bridges to the

  • Beale's 2013 Intramural Softball Championships

    The 9th Munitions Squadron played the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron for Beale's 2013 Intramural Softball Championships at O'Malley Field on Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 26.9th MUNS defeated 9th CES, 26-9.To view slideshow.

  • Mentoring starts with you

    What is mentoring? A quick Google search reveals numerous experts chiming in with their own definitions and spins on how to mentor, intimidating the uninitiated. It doesn't have to be hard or complicated. I define mentoring as the act of a more senior person (mentor) and a junior person (mentee)