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Beale Air Force Base

Beale Air Force Base, United States

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Beale Air Force Base · CA · United States

Position

39.136°, -121.437° · 113 ft elev.

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Strategic U.S. Air Force base in Northern California.

Opened

1942

Location

Yuba County, California, United States

Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in Yuba County, California, approximately 40 miles north of Sacramento. It is the home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, which operates the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. The base plays a critical role in national and global intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. It hosts one of the most strategically significant reconnaissance fleets in the world and supports around 4,000 active-duty personnel and their families. Beale AFB has a long military history dating back to World War II and has evolved into one of the premier ISR platforms in the U.S. Air Force inventory. The airfield is not open to commercial passenger service.

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The base is accessible primarily by personal vehicle or military transportation, located near State Route 65 in Yuba County.

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›Home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, operating U-2 and RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft.
›Named after General Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Army officer and explorer.
›Established in 1942 during World War II as Camp Beale.
›One of the largest Air Force bases in the western United States by land area.
›Supports critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions globally.

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Beale Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: BAB, ICAO: KBAB, FAA LID: BAB) is a United States Air Force base in Yuba County, California. It is outside Linda, about 10 miles (16 km) east of the towns of Marysville and Yuba City, and about 40 miles (64 km) north of Sacramento.

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