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Air Force Reservists Airman 1st Class Jeffery Dunn, Senior Airman Michael Riggs, Airman 1st Class Cody J. Nuehring, Airman 1st Class Jacob Hunter, and Senior Airman Gary Gaspar, all from the 940th Security Forces Squadron, participate in a tabletop camouflage and dispersal task "ATSO Challenge," the 940th Mission Support Group's rapid-fire combat skills exercise Oct. 14, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The event provided refresher training in basic ground combat skills by rotating eight teams of eight Airmen through eight task-oriented training stations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

Nov. 2, 2006

Troops tackle "ATSO Challenge"

David Mitts, 940th Maintenance Squadron aircraft inspector, checks the flight controls of an Air Force Reserve KC-135T Stratotanker Oct. 24, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The aircraft phase inspection takes nearly a month to check the jet from head to toe for wear and tear, but maintains integrity of the aircraft and helps ensure safe flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 24, 2006

Maintaining integrity

Avionics specialists with the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare the Global Hawk for a runway taxi test Oct. 13, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The Global Hawk is scheduled to begin flying at Beale in early November. The program is a total force effort with the Air Force Reserve's 13th Reconnaissance Squadron assisting active duty personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 18, 2006

Beale Global Hawk tests

Col. Al Reif, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, shares a moment with Air Force Reservist Chief Master Sergeant Donald Pope, 940th Civil Engineer Squadron Force Management Superintendent, during his retirement ceremony Sept. 9, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The chief joined the Air Force when he was just 17 years old because "it sounded good," and retired with 41 years of military service. Chief Pope advises Airmen to do their best. "Listen to your supervisors and find out their expectations and meet them. Then you'll do great!" (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 13, 2006

940th chiefs ride into sunset

940th Air Refueling Wing crest.

Oct. 13, 2006

October news briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Unit clinic hours for October Unit Training Assembly Oct. 14, 2006: 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 2006: Closed for Training For more information, please contact Senior Master Sgt. Roxie Walker-Jones at 530-6344-1701. Enlisted Dining In Beale

Air Force Reservists from the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. are welcomed home Oct. 6, 2006 by co-workers after being deployed to Anderson AFB, Guam. Nearly 100 Citizen Airmen and multiple KC-135 Stratotankers were deployed from the 940th for a month flying air-to-air refueling missions supporting the Global War on Terror. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 10, 2006

Returning warriors

Cyber Space poster

Oct. 10, 2006

Air Force leaders to discuss new 'Cyber Command'

10/5/2006 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Air Force leaders are gathering in early November to discuss plans for creation of a new command, one chartered with flying and fighting in cyber space. Cyberspace became an official Air Force domain, like air and space, on Dec. 7, 2005, when Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. T. Michael Moseley

Col. Albert Reif (right) accepts the unit flag and command of the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing from Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan, 4th Air Force Commander, during a ceremony Sept. 9, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Colonel Reif will lead the wing's Reservists during the next two years of a BRAC directed transition from flying the KC-135 Stratotanker to new missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luke Johnson)

Sept. 10, 2006

Taking command

940th Air Refueling Wing cloth patch

Sept. 7, 2006

September news briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Wing assumption of command ceremony An Assumption of Command Ceremony for the 940th Air Refueling Wing Commander is scheduled for Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. in Dock 5. Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan, 4th AF Commander, will preside over the event. All wing personnel are

08-31-06 BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen 1st Class Casandra Redd and Zach Williams take the oath of enlistment, administered by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mike Murphy. The two Airmen joined on the last of the recruiting year, helping the Beale AFB detachment of Air Force Reserve Command recruiters meet their 2006 goal. Airman Redd is coming into the 940th Air Refueling Wing from the U.S. Navy. Airman Williams is new to the military. He will serve with the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., after completion of his initial military training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

Sept. 6, 2006

Wing recruiters make goal

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The final day of the recruiting year was a tough day for Beale Reserve recruiters, but they persevered and reached their recruiting goal for the third year in a row. The 604th Reserve Recruiting Flight, assigned to the 940th Air Refueling Wing, made 101 percent of their annual recruiting goal during the final moments of Aug. 31. "I can't even