Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in California. It is outside Linda, about 10 miles east of the towns of Marysville and Yuba City, and about 40 miles north of Sacramento. The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force, Air Combat Command. The Wing collects intelligence essential for presi…
Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in California. It is outside Linda, about 10 miles east of the towns of Marysville and Yuba City, and about 40 miles north of Sacramento. The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force, Air Combat Command. The Wing collects intelligence essential for presidential and Congressional decisions critical to the national defense. The Wing flies the USAF fleet of Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Ladies" and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, and operates associated ground support equipment. It also maintains a high state of readiness in its combat support and combat service support forces, ready to deploy to carry out military operations.