Senior AF leader visits Reservists

The Honorable Craig Duehring (center), Assistant Secretary of Air Force Manpower and Reserve Affairs, is shown the RQ-4 Global Hawk, an unmanned high altitude reconnaissance aircraft, by Air Force Reservists from the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The secretary visited both the active duty and Reserve at Beale June 12 and 13, 2008. This was his first visit to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Fairwell to Beale's KC-135s

Leadership and aircraft maintainers from the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing salute one of the last two KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to Beale Air Force Base, Calif., as the jets depart for their new home with the 916th ARW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. during a ceremony May 3, 2008. The 940th is changing to emerging command and control missions, including the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk, as directed by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The 940th flew the KC-135 for over 31 years at McClellan, Mather, and Beale AFBs. (U.S. Air Force photo/T.C. Perkins)

You can never have too many tools

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Mr. Ed Walker, 940th Maintenance Group aircraft pneudraulics technician, inventories tools with Staff Sergeant Jason LeClair, 916th MXG, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Apr. 30, 2008. The last two jets assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing here departed May 3 for their new home with the 916th ARW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

940th Maintenance Group packs up

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Airman First Class Kenneth Roan, 940th Maintenance Group supply, packs time compliance technical orders for the KC-135R model Stratotankers Apr. 30, 2008. The last two jets assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing here departed May 3 for their new home with the 916th ARW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. After 31 years of aerial refueling, the Beale Reservists will stand up a classic associate unit to partner the active duty in emerging missions that include flying the unmanned aerial reconnaissance and surveillance RQ-4 Global Hawk. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

940th commander celebrates fini flight

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Air Force Reservist Col. Al Reif, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, laughs at the sight of his family and staff waiting on the flight line here Apr. 25, 2008, to give him the traditional water dousing after his final or "fini" flight in one of the wing's KC-135R Stratotankers. The jet Col. Reif flew is one of the last two scheduled to depart May 3, 2008, for reassignment to the 916th ARW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. While the 940th ARW is drawing down its legacy KC-135R mission, as directed by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission, Beale Reservists are partnering with active duty Airmen to support emerging command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

Lt.Gen. Bradley visits 940th ARW

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Christopher Cheshire, a maintenance officer with the Air Force Reserve's 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, briefs features of the RQ-4 Global Hawk to Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, during the general's visit here March 12, 2008. Reserve Airmen at Beale are building a classic-associate relationship with the 9th Reconnaissance Wing to help maintain and operate the high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle. While the 940th Air Refueling Wing is drawing down its legacy KC-135R mission, as directed by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission, Beale Reservists are partnering with active duty Airmen to support emerging command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. In accordance with the 2005 BRAC, Beale's Reserve expeditionary combat support elements continue unchanged through the transition. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)