Beale AFB News

A Global Hawk Block 30 plane landed at Beale Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon. It's the first time that model has been at the base.

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

Karah Glavaris talks with several veterans including Gene Downing Aug. 20 during the Yuba-Sutter Veterans Stand Down at River Bottoms Park in Maryville, Calif.

An MQ-1 Predator takes off in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Predator carries the multi-spectral targeting system with inherent AGM-114 Hellfire missile targeting capability and integrates electro-optical, infrared, laser designator and laser illuminator into a single sensor package.

Whenever the subject of health care reform comes up, there is almost no mention of the "single payer" system that's already at work in the United States.

Radio spectrum management is a difficult business. The most useful part of the spectrum has been fully allocated for decades, yet new uses continue to be developed.