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KC-135 Returning To Beale

Posted: Jun. 2, 2016 1:03 PM PDT

Local air re-refueling cababililty is returning to Beale Air Force Base, after an 8-year absence. The base’s 940th refueling wing flew the KC-135 Stratotankers for more than three decades, until the unit was re-aligned by the Air Force Realignment and Closure Commssion. Lieutenant Siobhan Hazelwood says the mission is officially welcomed back at a ceremony on Saturday…

click to listen to Lt. Hazelwood

Hazelwood says Beale had been receiving air re-fueling help from other bases in the meantime….

click to listen to Lt. Hazelwood

Hazelwood says the ceremony also marks the transfer of the Global Hawk mission to Beale’s 9th Reconnaisance Wing.

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