page_title: Beale Air Force Base
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Beale Air Force Base / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The remnants of a World War II German POW camp at Beale AFB. This cell block was used for isolation detention.
context_page_description: Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 8 miles east of Marysville, California.
  The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Sixteenth 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 and RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned 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 is a tenant Air Force Reserve Command wing at Beale AFB flying the KC-135 Stratotanker and operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command.
  Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
context_section_description: The base is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
caption: The remnants of a World War II German POW camp at Beale AFB. This cell block was used for isolation detention.
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