Beale Air Force Base
Yuba County, California

U.S. Air Force
O&M BTS



Beale Air Force Base is a high-altitude recon-naissance aircraft base. Located in the Sacramento Valley, it is home to the only state-side reconnaissance wing, which recently flew the SR-71 Blackbird and still flies the nation's fleet of U2 spyplanes.

Beale is also one of four U.S. locations for the Phased Array Warning System, a unique radar      

system housed in a large pyramidal building. Also called PAVE-PAWS, the system tracks airborne and space-borne objects over the Pacific Ocean. The base covers 23,000 acres and employs 4,000 people.
First Support Services is a Partner in Aurora Group Telecommunications, LLC with UKPIK Mechanical, Inc. of Anchorage, Alaska that provides:
All personnel, equipment, parts, material, tools and any other items and services necessary to perform operations and maintenance of the Base Telephone System 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Perform operations, preventive and cor-rection maintenance and Recurring Support Service on the MSL-100 telephone switch in Building 2156 and remotes.
Any equipment substitutions or upgrades
for any provided product(s) that may
become available as a result of technical
improvements.
  Engineering, site preparation, installation, testing, cutover, operation and management, billing, and maintenance.
Service and equipment for adds, moves,
deletions and changes, locate cable and
maintain records and drawings.