{"id":24389,"date":"2024-03-21T21:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/21\/beale-afb-picked-to-host-new-battle-management-squadron\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:19:28","slug":"beale-afb-picked-to-host-new-battle-management-squadron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2024\/03\/21\/beale-afb-picked-to-host-new-battle-management-squadron\/","title":{"rendered":"Beale AFB picked to host new battle management squadron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beale Air Force Base, California, will soon bring on a new mission to replace two fleets of reconnaissance aircraft that have defined the installation since the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force announced Tuesday that Beale will add a new battle management control squadron, bringing 140 personnel to the base in the coming years. Squadron staff are expected to begin arriving this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/05\/02\/air-force-prepares-to-retire-u-2-spy-planes-in-2026\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/u2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force prepares to retire U-2 spy planes in 2026<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Congress needs to approve the retirement plan, which has run afoul of lawmakers in the past.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service called the move a \u201cvital step\u201d in its effort to modernize battle management, the enterprise that handles data on potential threats, troop movements and other information the military needs to plan and direct operations. The Air Force hopes it can leverage an array of sensors and new artificial intelligence tools to provide that data, rather than relying on fleets of purpose-built aircraft and manual analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Air Force declined to provide specifics of what Beale\u2019s new squadron will do, it said the unit will integrate with the base\u2019s Common Mission Control Center, run by the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron. The center consolidates information \u2014 like images, target-tracking data and other communications \u2014 collected around the clock by the military\u2019s network of aircraft, satellites, ships, ground radars and more, then analyzes and shares it with other units and decisionmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The squadron will \u201cperform battle management of manned and unmanned new and legacy aircraft, and allow greater collaboration between information systems,\u201d the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3711839\/air-force-to-establish-new-squadron-at-beale-afb\/\" target=\"_blank\">said in a release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear whether the new squadron will absorb airmen who operate Beale\u2019s fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft, which are slated to retire starting in fiscal year 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement follows the stand-up of the 728th Battle Management Control Squadron at Robins AFB, Georgia, in February 2023. That squadron is tasked with<b> <\/b>helping to deconflict airspace, set rendezvous points for aerial refueling and provide tactical reconnaissance in U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was established as Robins prepared to retire its E-8 Joint STARS ground target-tracking fleet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/10\/02\/air-forces-jstars-flies-last-intel-mission-after-3-decades-in-service\/\">the last of which left the base late last year<\/a>. The 728th absorbed airmen from the 116th and 461st Air Control Wings, which flew JSTARS, and took over duties from the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, which is now based at Shaw AFB, South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2022\/03\/14\/pizza-through-a-straw-how-u-2-bombers-snack-at-70000-feet\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-design-48.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pizza through a straw? How U-2 pilots snack at 70,000 feet<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Have you ever slurped pizza through a straw?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Robins, Beale will pivot to a larger battle management role as it phases out multiple legacy aircraft: the U-2 and the RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beale\u2019s 27 Cold War-era U-2 spy planes rotate through military installations around the globe<b> <\/b>on high-altitude reconnaissance missions that require their pilots wear astronaut-like suits to breathe at the edge of Earth\u2019s atmosphere. But service officials argue there are more reliable, cost-effective ways to photograph enemy compounds and military buildups. Air Force fiscal 2025 budget documents include plans to scale back the plane\u2019s maintenance funding by more than $85 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Beale\u2019s U-2 trainers took its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beale.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3660790\/fini-flight\/\">final flight earlier this year<\/a> as the base prepares to downsize the rest of the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beale retired its last RQ-4, the high-flying drone that was meant to replace the U-2, in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new squadron at Beale AFB, California, will handle the battle management data collected by manned aircraft, drones and other military 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