Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California. The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Twenty-Fifth Air Force. The 9 RW collects intelligence essential for Presidential and Congressional decisions critical to the national defense. To accomplish this mission, the wing is equipped with the nation's fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft and associated support equipment. The wing also maintains a high state of readiness in its combat
Afonsos Air Force Base Subordinated to the command of the 2nd Air Force (II FAe), which is dedicated to Search and Rescue, Rotorary Wings, and Maritime Patrol: Subordinated to the command of the 5th Air Force (V FAe), which is dedicated to Transport Aviation: Additionally, the "Batalhão de Infantaria de Aeronáutica Especial dos Afonsos" (BINFAE-AF), an Infantry Battalion of the Brazilian Air Force that guards the Base, and the "Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento" (EAS), known as Pára-SAR, specialized in Rescue missions are also based at Afonsos Air Force Base. The base is located approximately 30 km from Rio de Janeiro downtown in the district