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  • Staff Sgt. Daniel C. Bisland, 940th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, poses for a photo April 26, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

    "... The passing rate is about seven percent..."

    "I began my military career in the Army, working in infantry, and loved it. I earned a lot of respect being the only private (PV1) in my unit to be airborne-qualified and to have my expert infantry badge. To earn the badge, I completed and passed a week’s worth of testing, ranging from day and night land navigation to a 12-mile ruck in under three
  • Tech. Sgt. Marc Gayden, Beale Honor Guard team lead, demonstrates a facing movement for the 940th Air Refueling Wing’s Development and Training Flight April 9, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Gayden spent five years as a basic military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

    Development and Training Flight gets a head start

    “Zero week” at basic military training is packed with roaring voices and intense instruction. It’s the time trainees are taught basic drill, facing movements and marching.   The 940th Air Refueling Wing’s Development and Training Flight is getting a head start. Two of Beale’s NCOs, one who is a prior BMT instructor, volunteered their time with the
  • Airman John Mendiola, 940th Logistics Readiness Squadron material management, high-fives fellow teammates at the 940th Air Refueling Wing’s first lunch-hour bowling tournament hosted by first sergeants on Feb. 10, 2017 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Members of the wing from various units gathered at the tournament to build camaraderie and boost morale during the unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force by Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis/Released)

    Bowling tournament strikes morale boost

    The 940th Air Refueling Wing headquarters staff won the unit’s first lunch-hour bowling competition Feb. 10th, 2017. The event was hosted at the beginning of the unit training assembly by the first sergeants of the 940th as a way to boost morale and ignite esprit de corps amongst units.  “We set up this event during a longer weekend than usual,
  • Master Sgt. Travis Williams, 940th Maintenance Squadron inspection dock chief, and Tech. Sgt. Erik Calderon, 940th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, pose for a photo with their awards Feb. 11, 2017 at Beale Air Force Base, California. Williams and Calderon were named Senior NCO and NCO of the Year at the wing’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet. (U.S. Air Force by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

    Banquet recognizes Airmen’s hard work

    The 940th Air Refueling Wing held its Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet Feb. 11, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California.   The OAY is an annual event, which commemorates the hard work of Airmen and civilian employees throughout the past year.   The nominees and their guests first attended a private medallion ceremony, where they were

  • Palace Chase, Front offer alternatives to active duty

    Every year, thousands of individuals raise their right hand and commit to serve in the military as either an enlisted member or an officer. While some choose to serve for many years on active duty, others might elect to leave, but that doesn’t mean they can’t continue serving.“When you make a decision as big as joining the military, you don’t know
  • Senior Master Sgt. Ellie Torres, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron superintendent of nursing services, became the new Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program representative for the 940th Air Refueling Wing, October 1st, 2016, Beale Air Force Base California. Torres is the unit's first representative in nearly two years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

    Wing welcomes new Yellow Ribbon rep

    The 940th Air Refueling Wing has its own Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program representative for the first time in nearly two years.Senior Master Sgt. Ellie Torres, superintendent of nursing services at the 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, started an extended active-duty tour Oct. 1 to help unit members participate in Yellow Ribbon, which promotes
  • Staff Sgt. Aaron Tobler, center, with Chief Master Sgt of the Air Force James Cody and Scott Van Cleef, Air Force Association Chairman of the Board, during the AFA's recognition banquet in Washington, D.C., honoring the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year, Sept. 19, 2016. Tobler is a geospatial intelligence analyst with the 50th Intelligence Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California. The 50th IS is a classic associate intelligence unit under the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

    ISR Airman honored during AFA Conference

    Staff Sgt. Aaron Tobler was one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2016. Tobler is a geospatial intelligence analyst with the 50th Intelligence Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California.
  • Maj. Alicia K. LaPray, 940th Force Support Squadron commander, receives the squadron guidon from Col. Roderick T. Grunwald, 940th Mission Support Group commander, during a change of command ceremony Sept. 10, 2016, at Beale Air Force Base, California. A change of command ceremony is a long standing military tradition dating back to the Middle Ages that formally recognizes the transfer of authority from one commanding officer to another. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis)

    Maj. LaPray takes command of 940th Force Support Squadron

    Maj. Alicia K. LaPray assumed command of the 940th Force Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Emily D. Dierhka during a change of command ceremony, Sept. 10, 2016 at Beale Air Force Base, California. Col. Roderick T. Grunwald, 940th Mission Support Group commander, was the presiding official and spoke highly of LaPray as the selection to be the 940 FSS
  • Lt. Col. Bradley G. King, 940th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, gives his first salute to members of the squadron Sept. 11, 2016, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The 940 CES is the first civil engineer squadron startup in over 20 years in the Air Force Reserve Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis)

    Beale Reserve wing stands up historic CE squadron

    Lt. Col. Bradley G. King assumed command of the 940th Civil Engineer Squadron from presiding officer Col. Roderick T. Grunwald, 940th Mission Support Group commander, on Sept. 11, 2016, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The 940 CES provides reserve emergency response and firefighting capabilities to augment the base civil engineering mission.
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