Beale Air Force Base News

VACAVILLE, Calif. - Former Great Falls resident Martin Gordon Palagi, 62, a pilot and retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, died of a heart attack Oct.

The U-2 made its first flight in August 1955. In October, the U-2 photographed the Soviet military installing offensive missiles in Cuba.

Manned and unmanned spy planes can play key roles for the Air Force going forward, said Air Force Brig.

A surplus fire engine long retired from use by the Richmond Fire Department departed from Beale Air Force Base north of Sacramento on Oct.

SOUTHWEST ASIA: Leaders at every level need battlefield information, and because of Airmen with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron ... now they know.

Capt. Peter J. Gryn signals that all systems are good from his U-2 Oct. 4, 2009, prior to his first combat mission.

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The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel who died in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and the Mediterranean: Michael S. Cote Jr., 20, of Denham Springs, La.; specialist, Army.

Flags at the state Capitol were flown at half staff Thursday in honor of Air Force Tech.

An airman stationed in Cyprus who was supporting U.S. operations in Afghanistan died as the result of a nonhostile incident Sept.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is beginning to gather photographs of each of the more than 58,000 men and women whose names are listed on the memorial wall in Washington.

Of those, the military reports 588 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 70 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

A A A A A A A A A A A The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Tech. Sgt. Benjamin P. Horton, of the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron from Hill AFB, Utah is one of the 2008 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.

Senior Master Sgt. Jeffery Steagall receives an award Sept. 14, 2009, from Chief Master Sgt.

Female pilots from all over the West will gather in Grass Valley later this month for a convention of the 99s, the International Women Pilots Association.

Capt. Eric Frahm and Senior Airman Natalie Valle give 8th graders from Arcade Middle School a hands-on opportunity with a U-2 pilota s suit and helmet during aerospace career day at Discovery Museum of Sacramento for Air Force Week, Sept.

Twenty-three-year-old Bianca Pegg stares at the bare field where Bethany University's cafeteria stood before it was destroyed by a fire in June.

Marilyn Duffy is recovering from fire injuries at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital.

Airmen participate in a group workout Aug. 17, 2009, at the fitness center at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.