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Feb. 26, 2008

940th Air Refueling Wing completes ORI

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The 940th Air Refueling Wing successfully completed an operational readiness inspection in spite of challenges, according to Col. Al Reif, wing commander. "I am very proud of the way the 940th ARW came together in the face of multiple Base Realignment and Closure challenges to prevail over this dynamic demonstration of operational capability," he

Air Force Reservist Senior Airman Forrest C. Purdy holds his wife Gayla close at Sacramento International Airport Feb. 18, 2008 after returning home from a deployment. A vehicle operator assigned to the 940th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., he was mobilized for six months to serve with the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, Manas Air Base, in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

Feb. 21, 2008

Beale Air Force Base reservists return from deployment

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Stephen Hammonds, an medical technician with the Air Force Reserve Command's 940th Aerospace Medicine Flight, was recognized Feb. 15, 2008, as the 940th Air Refueling Wing Outstanding Performer from the Air Mobility Command Operational Readiness Inspection at Gulfport, Miss. earlier this month. Sergeant Hammonds was presented with an Inspector General coin. (U.S. Air Force photo / Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

Feb. 20, 2008

ORI Outstanding performer named

Feb. 9, 2008

April 2008 Wing Promotions

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The following 940th Air Refueling Wing enlisted Citizen Airmen were promoted here April 1, 2008. Master Sergeant Steven Gieseke, 940th Air Refueling Wing, command post Technical Sergeant Christina McCutcheon, 940th Air Refueling Wing, command postCongratulations!

Senior Master Sgt. Charisse Williamson high fives 940th Air Refueling Wing vice commander Col. David Mitchell upon her return to Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The sergeant was one of about 180 Reservists assigned to the Wing who participated in an operational readiness inspection from Feb. 5-9, 2008, in Gulfport, Miss. The wing had practiced for a year to hone their war fighting skills that test the Reservists ability to deploy, operate and survive in a hostile environment. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt Ellen L Hatfield)

Feb. 9, 2008

Commander, 940th Reservists return from exercise

Feb. 8, 2008

February News Briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Healthcare insurance available The majority of Reserve members may now be eligible to purchase health care coverage under the restructured TRICARE Reserve Select program. Qualification is determined by members' DEERS status. For more information about TRS

Feb. 8, 2008

Postal Service offers first-time military discount

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Planning to send a care package to a military service member serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first time the Postal Service has offered a special price

Feb. 8, 2008

Reservists to receive retroactive pay in late February

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — According to a Pentagon announcement Jan. 29, from Washington, D.C., Air Force reservists on extended active duty will receive retroactive earnings in mid-February. All other reservists will get their back pay "a couple of weeks later." The National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Jan. 28 by President Bush stipulates a 3.5 percent

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Air Force Reserve crew chiefs prepare to launch KC-135R Stratotanker number 23580 Jan. 29, 2008, for departure to Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. The tanker was one of the first two of eight KC-135R models assigned to the 940th Air Refueling Wing to be transferred to the 916th Air Refueling Wing under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's directives. The remaining six aircraft will transfer to Seymour Johnson before Sept. 30, 2008. After more than 30 years of aerial refueling, Beale's Air Force Reserve force will transition to emerging missions in command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt. Ellen L. Hatfield).

Jan. 30, 2008

First two tankers depart 940th Air Refueling Wing for new home

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with nine oak leaf clusters

Jan. 29, 2008

In face of adversity, 940th ARW earns outstanding unit award

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing here just finished two grueling years, and faces more challenges ahead. But the wing's hard work did not go unnoticed. The unit was selected for the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the sixth time in a row. Maj. Gen. Allan Poulin, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, announced the award in a