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📍 Beale Air Force Base
military base · Marysville · est. 1942 · still here
Established in 1942 as Camp Beale, a WWII training installation on 87,000 acres. Redesignated as Beale Air Force Base in 1948. Home to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, it housed the SR-71 Blackbird (1966-1990) and currently operates the U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk. The base is the largest employer in Yuba County with an economic impact exceeding $700 million annually.
People connected to this place
- 👤 Edward Fitzgerald Beale · Naval Officer; Explorer; Superintendent of Indian Affairs · 1822–1893
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