Ben van der Meer
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February 20, 2013
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Beale AFB squadron deactivation ‘painful’ process

The roughly 200 members of the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base – about one-fourth of them Yuba-Sutter residents – have seven months to figure out where they will land next. After learning their reserve squadron will be deactivated at the end of September, those members have less time than any prior deactivation, according to base officials on a conference call Wednesday. “Unfortunately, it’s going to be a very painful and difficult process,” said Lt. Col. Faustino Perez, maintenance operations officer for the 13th, whose primary role was reserve support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 mission. …

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