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Nov. 29, 2021
National American Indian Heritage Month: Protecting Nihi kéyáh, preserving culture

Airman 1st Class Verneon Reed, 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Detachment 1 RQ-4 Global Hawk maintainer, is of the Navajo people. Navajo culture is one of many Native American cultures pushed out by the American government for centuries. Despite forced assimilation in order to return home,
Oct. 1, 2018
A Matter of FACT: Growing the U-2 pilot selection process with first-ever program

For the first time, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing will open its aperture for recruiting Air Force pilots into the U-2 Dragon Lady through an experimental program beginning in the fall of 2018. Through the newly established U-2 First Assignment Companion Trainer, or FACT, program, the 9th RW’s 1st
Sept. 20, 2018
The Flying First

That young pilot, Capt. Benjamin Foulois, was in one of eight Curtis JN-3 “Jenny” biplanes participating in the search. The planes were powered with 90-horsepower engines that had a rough time just staying airborne, but they led a reconnaissance mission to kick off Gen. John J. Pershing’s punitive
Aug. 21, 2018
Global Hawk makes historic first landing at Red Flag-Alaska

An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to Beale Air Force Base, California, landed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for Red Flag-Alaska 18-3, Aug. 16.
Aug. 14, 2018
Total force integration: 9th LRS, Reservists fuel Beale AFB aircraft

The 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum, oil and lubricants flight works to ensure the mission at Beale Air Force Base maintains a steady rate.
May 19, 2017
Dragon Lady makes historic appearance at Northern Edge

Looking across the flightline at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during previous Northern Edge exercises you would have seen a mass of gray and white aircraft, but this year the distinctly black U-2S Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base, California, made its presence known for the first time at

U.S. Air Force News

National American Indian Heritage Month: Protecting Nihi kéyáh, preserving culture

A Matter of FACT: Growing the U-2 pilot selection process with first-ever program

The Flying First

Global Hawk makes historic first landing at Red Flag-Alaska

Total force integration: 9th LRS, Reservists fuel Beale AFB aircraft

Dragon Lady makes historic appearance at Northern Edge