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Airmen from the 940th Civil Engineer Squadron and 9th CES scan the area for nuclear radiation during a Total Force Integration exercise, May 13, near the CE compound at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The training exercise helped prepare both reserve and active duty airmen for any contingency involving radioactive explosive devices. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Luke Johnson)

May 14, 2011

Total force CE training

Col. Kevin G. Cavanagh, 940th Wing commander, received the 940th Wing flag from Col. Karen Rizzuti, 10th Air Force vice commander, during the unit's assumption of command ceremony. Colonel Cavanagh comes to the 940th from Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. where he served as the 319th Space Wing operations group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Luke Johnson)

May 14, 2011

940th Wing assumption of command

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Colonel Kevin G. Cavanagh assumed command of the 940th Wing during a ceremony here May 14.Colonel Cavanagh comes to Beale Air Force Base from the 310th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. where he served as operations group commander.Colonel Cavanagh entered the Air Force in 1985, receiving his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy.A

Col. John Trnka, vice wing commander of 940th Wing, speaks to Reservists during a commander's call during the February Unit Training Assembly weekend. Colonel Trinka was the interm and acting wing commander for the 940th Wing for more than eight months. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Kenneth McCann)

May 11, 2011

Vice pinch-hits for wing commander

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — "If you don't want to be at the plate with two outs and a man on third when your team is a run down, then you shouldn't be in the game. This is ninth inning stuff." The analogy refers to the many challenges Col. John Trnka, vice wing commander of 940th Wing, a Reserve tenant unit at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., faced over the past few months.

Major Gen. Donald C. Ralph, mobilization assistance to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, learns about the in-flight characteristics and maintenance requirements of the RQ-4 Global Hawk at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., May 4. General Ralph visited the 940th Wing to experience how Air Force Reservists play a critical role in the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance mission at Beale. He visited several squadrons on Beale were Reservists and active duty airmen work side-by-side exemplifying the Air Force’s Total Force initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Luke Johnson)

May 5, 2011

Mobilization assistant to STRATCOM visits the 940th

940th Wing Reservist Tech. Sgt. Doug Kinsley presents former Tuskegee Airman, retired Lt. Col. James C. Warren, a drawing of a P-51 Mustang, an aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII. Lt. Col. Warren was on hand at the Beale Air Show to educate the public about the history of the Tuskegee Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Dana Lineback)

May 3, 2011

2011 air show brings base and community together

Beale Air Force Base, Calif. — The skies above Beale Air Force Base roared with the sound of jets and the buzzing of high performance aircraft as community members looked skyward during the 2011 Beale Air Show, April 30- May 1. The air show gave community members an opportunity to interact with Beale airmen and view unique civilian and military aircraft. The air show featured

Major Vincent Chiappone and Major Michael Daily, dentists with the 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., see patients at a clinic in a remote village in Belize, Apr 1. The two Reservists are members of a 42-person team of U.S. Air Force medical professionals who are in Belize for the 2011 Medical Readiness Training Exercise. The annual exercise brings humanitarian care and free medical assistance to citizens of the host country. (Courtesy Photo)

April 6, 2011

Reservists train, provide medical care during Belize exercise

ORANGE WALK DISTRICT, Belize — Three 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Reservists from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., are among more than 42 Air Force medical professionals currently deployed with the 459th Expeditionary Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Md., to the developing Central American country of Belize.Major Vincent Chiappone, Major Michael Dailey and

Captain Vincent Chiappone, 940 AMDF dental officer, was selected for promotion to major while on humanitarian deployment to Belize, Mar. 30. Chiappone and two other 940 AMDF Reservists, Major Michael Dailey and Staff Sgt. Karie Covey, are part of a 34-person medical team that deployed Mar. 25. The medical readiness training mission, dubbed Medrete 2011, is offering dental, medical and optometry services to nearly 500 patients a day in rural villages there. (Courtesy photo)

April 3, 2011

940th AMDS dentist promotes during mission

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Capt. Vincent Chiappone, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron dental officer, was selected for promotion to major while on humanitarian deployment to Belize, Mar. 30. Chiappone and two other 940 AMDS Reservists, Major Michael Dailey and Staff Sgt. Karie Covey, are part of a medical team that deployed Mar. 25 from the 459th Aerospace Medicine Squadron,

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April 2, 2011

Magnets illustrate the wingman concept poignantly

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Pardo's Push was an aviation maneuver carried out by Capt. Bob Pardo in order to move his wingman's badly damaged F-4 Phantom to friendly air space during the Vietnam War. Pardo, with his back-seater, 1st Lt. Steve Wayne, and wingman Capt. Earl Aman, with his back-seater, 1st Lt. Robert Houghton, were assigned to the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron

Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa views a banner created by U.S. service members in honor of Operation Tomodachi during his visit to the USS Ronald Reagan, April 4, 2011. Holding the banner are Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, and Commander, 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces Lt. Gen. Burton Field; and U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Navy Adm. Patrick Walsh. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Carlstrom)

March 28, 2011

713th COS joins Operation Tomodachi total force team

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — While concurrently supporting combat operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, a total integrated force of Active, Guard and Reserve Airmen are supporting humanitarian relief efforts in Japan following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan March 11.The Air Force is increasingly relying on its nearly

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- United States Agency for International Development search and rescue dogs along with their handlers arrived Mar.13. Teams arrived to help with civil relief and rescue operations after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit 100 miles off the coast of northern Japan Mar. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

March 14, 2011

Accounting for members brings sigh of relief

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — It was just after midnight, Friday, Mar. 11,  when the lights flipped on in a building that normally sits dark and quiet at that time of night. Members of the 713th Combat Operations Squadron reported in for what they knew would be a long and challenging day ahead. Their mission was clear: use every communications means at their disposal to account