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Air Force reservist Staff Sgt. Jonathan Davis Jr., a metals technician with the 940th Maintenance Group, practices sighting an M-16 with a gas mask on. He and other unit members from the 940th Air Refueling Wing recieved classroom instruction for M-16 weapons qualification shoot during a Unit Training Assembly weekend at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. in preparation for an Operational Readiness Inspection in February 2008. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Luke Johnson)

June 9, 2007

Lock and Load

June 8, 2007

June News Briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. June retirement ceremonies Lt Col (Chaplain) Michael Murphy, 2 p.m., June 9, Recce Point Club, reception to follow Master Sgt. Terry Hendrickson, 3 p.m., June 9, Dock 5 Upstairs Master Sgt. Donna Isley, 10:30 a.m., June 10, LRS Auditorium Master Sgt. Leo

An Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to receive fuel from an Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker flown by the 940th Air Refueling Wing. The tanker is based out of Beale Air Force Base, Calif. and flew a mission to refuel seven Thunderbirds over the Nevada desert. The Thunderbirds are the main attraction for the Capital City Air Show in Sacramento June 9 and 10, which culminates Air Force Week. The 940th ARW will also have a KC-135 flyby and static display at the show. Air Force Week is an opportunity to inform and educate the public about the importance and role of the Air Force in America's national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Gon)

June 8, 2007

Citizen Airmen welcome Thunderbirds

May 5, 2007

May news briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Wing family day pancake breakfast The First Sergeant's Council is hosting the annual free pancake breakfast Sunday, May 6, 2007 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in Dock 5 and the Civil Engineer Squadron conference room. Breakfast is for 940th ARW personnel and their

940th Air Refueling Wing crest.

May 1, 2007

Wing 2nd Quarter Award Winners announced

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The 940th Air Refueling Wing Quarterly Award Winners for January thru March 2007 were announced April 13. This quarter's wing winners are all members of the 940th Mission Support Group. Congratulations 940 ARW Quarterly Award Winners! FY2007 Second Quarter Wing Award Winners (January-March) Airman of the Quarter Senior Airman Amanda McClure, 940th

Senior Master Sgt. Charisse Williamson, flight management superintendent for the 314th Air Refueling Squadron, and Master Sgt. C.P. Kline, first sergeant of the 940th Operations Support Flight, make popcorn for Airmen attending BRAC job fair at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 15, 2007. The event was developed by supervisors from the Air Force Reserve Command's 940th Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

April 23, 2007

A job fair ‘because we’re family’

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Giving Airmen good choices and keeping their experience in the Air Force is why 940th Air Refueling Wing chiefs and supervisors had a BRAC job fair at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 15, 2007 for Airmen who will be displaced when the unit's KC-135 mission ends next year. Although there are excellent existing programs for BRAC-affected

Master Sgt. David Tipton, senior recruiter for the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing, Fresno Air National Guard Station, Calif., speaks with Air Force Reservists from the 940th Air Refueling Wing at a BRAC job fair at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., April 15, 2007. "They asked a lot of smart questions. Even though there's the BRAC, not one of them had a negative attitude," Sergeant Tipton said. The event was developed by supervisors from the Air Force Reserve Command's 940th Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

April 23, 2007

Job fair gives BRAC-displaced Reservists many options to serve

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — When the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended Beale's KC-135 Stratotankers leave in 2008, Tech. Sgt. Melissa Broussard didn't know what would happen after her job went away with the aircraft. "I was a little freaked out. It's discouraging to find out you're loosing a job you like," said the Air Reserve Technician. But after

Air Force Reservist Col Mike Higginson (right), accepts a retirement gag gift from Lt. Col. Jon Ellis, 13th Reconnaissance Squadron commander, during a ceremony April 14, 2007 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Colonel Higginson, who was the 940th Mission Support Group commander, culminated a 40-year military career that began as an Airman basic and finished as a colonel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

April 16, 2007

MSG Commander retires

Lt. Col. Tim McCoy (center) accepts the unit flag and therefore command of the 940th Mission Support Group from Col. Albert Reif (right), 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, during a ceremony April 14, 2007 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Col. Mike Higginson (left) relinquished command of the 940th MSG and retired from the Air Force Reserve that same day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luke Johnson)

April 15, 2007

MSG changes command

April 13, 2007

April News Briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. 940th ARW Job Fair A 940th ARW Job Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 in Dock 5. Representatives from other Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units as well as Global Hawk and 940th Mission Support Group units will be available to