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  • First Female Hispanic Pilot Shares Her Journey, Suits Up after 40 Years

    BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – After a career of breaking barriers, Lt. Col. Custodio retired from the Air Force without taking part in one last tradition among pilots: her fini-flight. Team Beale celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural presentations, dancing, food and a visit from the

  • Habu Brats Return to Beale AFB After 50 Years

    BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Fifty years after the Wheatland Union High School (WUHS) Class of 1974 graduated, 25 alumni known as the “Habu Brats,” returned to Beale Air Force Base, where many of their parents supported the legendary SR-71 Blackbird program.

  • My Path to being the First Woman on Beale’s Tactical Response Team

    My story begins in North Charleston, South Carolina, long before I put on a military uniform. After high school, I attended Coker University for two years, immersing myself in the world of college athletics as a Division 2 basketball player. My time on the court taught me the value of teamwork,

  • Air Force examines emerging tactics during Bamboo Eagle

    More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to

  • Serving my country while doing what I love

    By Airman 1st Class Grace Glotfelty, 9th Operations Support Squadron weather journeymanEver since I can remember, joining the military was something I wanted to do. Part of that may be due to me growing up less than five miles outside the gates of Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. I remember seeing

  • Patriotic Golf Tournament

    The Beale Military Liaison Council (BMLC) hosted the highly anticipated annual Patriotic Golf Tournament, Aug. 23. It was a cool day in the late Northern California summer, a nice reprieve from the heat of the past few weeks for those that came out for a day of fundraising, networking, and fun.