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In 1948, Alamogordo Air Field was renamed Holloman Air Force Base in honor of Colonel George Holloman who was a pioneer in rocket and pilotless aircraft research. Related research branched into the medical field with rocket sled tests and high altitude balloon ascents with animal and human subjects.
Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822â1893), a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California. Camp Beale became a United States Air Force installation on 1 April 1951 and was renamed Beale Air Force Base. Beale AFB is also census-designated place (CDP) in Yuba County, California.[10] Beale AFB sits at an elevation of 197 feet (60 m).[10] The 2010 United States census reported Beale AFB's population was 1,319.