Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Chen | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 09.09.2025
Beale Air Force Base, home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and the Air Force Combat Ammunitions Center, recently hosted Gen. Adrian Spain, commander of Air Combat Command and Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Unterseher, ACC command chief, Sept. 4-6, 2025, demonstrating its pivotal role in delivering persistent, integrated reconnaissance and combat power for the nation....
Story by Charles Borsos | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 11.13.2024
In a push to build interoperability for the Great Power Competition, the Air Force Combat Ammunition Center (AFCOMAC) opened its trainings up to other U.S. branches and Allied partners. In November 2024, the Senior Officer Orientation on Beale welcomed its first Royal Canadian Air Force and British Royal Air Force participants....
Story by Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 12.19.2023
After 37 years, the Air Force Combat Ammunition Course (AFCOMAC) has graduated its 20,000th student. This milestone is a huge feat for the AFCOMAC schoolhouse and its instructors....
Story by Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 09.25.2023
This two-day course is designed to provide DoD senior leaders with an orientation in mass munitions planning and production. The SOO course consists of classroom instruction on conventional munitions planning, hands-on training for various types of munitions, and participation in a mass munitions production exercise....
Story by 2nd Lt. Frederick Wallace | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 03.08.2019
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Munitions teams from around the service have been officially selected to compete in the second-annual Air Force Combat Operations Competition set to take place here, May 13-17, at the Air Force Combat Ammunitions Center....
Story by Senior Airman Tristan Viglianco | 9th Reconnaissance Wing | 05.31.2018
Warheads on foreheads is a common expression heard across the Air Force, but without all of the skill and expertise of ammo Airmen throughout the career field dropping munitions on our enemies wouldn’t be possible. Maintaining proficiency in their craft is important, which is why all ammo troops in the process of obtaining their seven- and nine-level skill upgrades visit the Air Force Combat......
