Beale Air Force Base is a military base located in Northern California. It is the home to 2 major units, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and the 940th Refueling Wing. The base was established in 1942 and named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a US Navy veteran and Brigadier General in the California Militia in the late 1800's. The base is noteworthy as it is the primary base for the U-2 Dragon lady and the RQ-4 Global Hawk. They also have an attached KC-135 unit and the 9th keeps T-38's which are flown to help the pilots maintain proficiency. Aside from that unless you are based there or have business on the base it is not open to visit. It also is not the best spotting place I have been too but that may be tempered by the fact that I am batting zero when I have tried read more

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After a one hour road trip, we arrived a the Badge and Pass office where military personnel go to renew ID cards. I'm a retired LTC with a wife who needed to update her expired ID. About a week ago we showed up at their office. They said "the system was down". We drove another hour back home. Today I called to see if "the system" was up. It was! However, I was informed they already had their 15 person "walk in" limit. This was around 0830 hrs !!! We both have medical issues that prohibit making an appt we may not be able to keep. We are octogenarians and our flexibility is limited. My retired job offered me the opportunity to visit most all of our military bases in CONUS. Beale is the least accommodating, unprofessional, and least prepared base I have ever seen! First their infrastructure fails, then human resources fail !!! read more

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Beale AFB is a great location to be stationed. The base is remote and about 30 min to anything interesting but the central location in Northern CA in unbeatable. Yu can be in San Francisco or Napa in about 2 hours and Tahoe in 1.5. I live in Rocklin (35 Min south) and the commute to/from base is easy with no traffic. The area has a little bit of everything and if you are not afraid to drive you will enjoy it here. Base housing and services are crap and living on base would be hard in my opinion. read more

The United States of Beale... where to start? Beale is sort of remote its a pretty quite base by that I mean slow tempo, they are building new houses on base housing so thats great because the ones they have now are really old. living in Lincoln/Roseville is probably the best bet around here, Linda and yuba are not that great for more info on that I would google it because its pretty high crime/ break-ins in that area.The surrounding area in Lincoln/ Roseville is really nice, there are many things to do and many places to go and see. Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite places, in the winter you get free lift tickets at some of the most beautiful ski resorts I have ever seen and I have been to quite a few. It's just one of the most beautiful places and thats only 90 mins away! napa vally is close for the wine drikers I have been there and I think its a great time! sacramento is a pretty cool little city, unfortunitly they just sold the Kings so not much of a sports scene if that's what you are into! overall I really enjoyed this base there is a endless amount of stuff to do around here! read more

Was around the area so I decided why not check Beale AFB px. Soon as I showed the guards at the front gate my government id I get turned away. Wow I guess I don't rate. read more