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  • Beale Airmen Launch ACC Minority Outreach Initiative

    In 1929, Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada set a sustained inflight refueling record by flying six continuous days over Los Angeles, California. Today, Quesada’s trailblazing legacy inspires Beale Airmen as they introduce students from underrepresented communities to STEM and pilot careers within the Air

  • Past and future firsts

    August 26, 1920, marks the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women of America the right to vote. Fifty one years later, Representative Bella Abzug presented the U.S. Congress with a bill to designate the day as “Women’s Equality Day” to commemorate this date and the decades of work by tens of

  • The Pursuit of Untold Stories

    The same year that the United States Air Force was desegregated, Chief Master Sgt Claude Vann Jr. became one of the first few black people to enlist. This year on November 1st, Command Chief Master Sgt. David Wade of Air Combat Command and Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Gradel of the 1st

  • Airman augments special assignment during deployment

    Senior Airman Ramandeep Kaur came to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, as a defender originally assigned to the 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. After arriving on station, she was then transferred over to help the Office of Special Investigation Locally Employed Persons Screening Team