Beale Air Force Base
Beale Air Force Base
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| Part of Air Combat Command (ACC) | |
| Located near: Marysville, California | |
A U.S. Air Force TU-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft lands at Beale Air Force Base
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| Coordinates | 39°08′10″N 121°26′11″W / 39.13611°N 121.43639°W |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| In use | 1948 – present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 9th Reconnaissance Wing
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| Elevation AMSL | 113 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°08′10″N 121°26′11″W / 39.13611°N 121.43639°WCoordinates: 39°08′10″N 121°26′11″W / 39.13611°N 121.43639°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.beale.af.mil | ||||||||||
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 KBAB
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Sources: official site and FAA
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| Beale AFB | |
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| census-designated place | |
| Country | USA |
| State |
 California
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| County | Yuba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.058 sq mi (26.050 km2) |
| • Land | 10.048 sq mi (26.025 km2) |
| • Water | 0.010 sq mi (0.026 km2) 0.10% |
| Elevation | 197 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,319 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (51/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2407813 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beale Air Force Base | |
Beale Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: BAB, ICAO: KBAB, FAA LID: BAB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Marysville, California.
The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Twelfth Air Force. The 9 RW collects intelligence essential for Presidential and Congressional decisions critical to the national defense. To accomplish this mission, the wing is equipped with the nation's fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady, RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, and the MC-12 Liberty reconnaissance aircraft and associated support equipment. The wing also maintains a high state of readiness in its combat support and combat service support forces for potential deployment in response to theater contingencies.
The 940th Air Refueling Wing (940 ARW) is a tenant Air Force Reserve Command wing at Beale AFB flying the KC-135 Stratotanker and operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).
Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California. Camp Beale became a United States Air Force installation on 1 April 1951 and was renamed Beale Air Force Base.
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