Beale Air Force Base
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Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Yuba County, California. It is outside Linda, about 10 miles east of the towns of Marysville and Yuba City, and about 40 miles north of Sacram
An RQ-4 Global Hawk taxies on the flight-line as a U-2 Dragon Lady makes its final approach at Beale Air Force Base during 2013.
Main gate sign
Colonel Geoffrey I. Church, current commander of Beale Air Force Base, in May 2023
The remnants of a World War II German POW camp at Beale AFB. This cell block was used for isolation detention.
Lockheed U-2
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The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed the "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high–altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency since the
Beale Air Force Base
…Wing collects intelligence essential for presidential and Congressional decisions critical to the national defense. The Wing flies the USAF fleet of Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Ladies" and operates associated ground support equipment. It also maintains a high state of readiness in its combat support and combat service…
A Lockheed U-2 in flight
Original U-2A at USAF Museum
Model "B" U-2 camera on display at the National Air and Space Museum
U-2 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford