Beale Air Force Base

Beale Air Force Base (IATA: BAB, ICAO: KBAB, FAA LID: BAB) is a United States Air Force base in Yuba County, California (near Marysville), that was established in 1943. It is also a census-designated place (CDP) with a population of 5,115 as of the 2000 census. The base was named for Brigadier General Edward Fitzgerald Beale. The host wing is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), which includes an operations group, a... more

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Yuba County

Yuba County is located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. As of 2006 its population was 71,938 . The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County was one of the original counties of California, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of...
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Latitude Longitude Elevation
  • 39.1362
  • -121.4365
  • 34.4 m (113 ft )
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