NOTAM at Beale AFB tonight

LOTS of activity today on the Flight Apps. Down south, up north, and above "a Remote operating location".
Caught a plane on FR flying over R-4808, almost directly overhead the radar sites Gariac reported on by the back gate entrance to groom.
The flights callsign was "ID". I had to laugh.

Anyways, onto the subject:

tfr.faa.gov...

Issue Date : February 19, 2016 at 2059 UTC
Location : Beale AFB, California near MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV)
Beginning Date and Time : February 21, 2016 at 2200 UTC
Ending Date and Time : February 28, 2016 at 2159 UTC
Reason for NOTAM : Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons
Type : Security
Replaced NOTAM(s) : N/A
Airspace Definition:
Center: On the MARYSVILLE VOR/DME (MYV) 055 degree radial at 6.7 nautical miles. (Latitude: 39º08'03"N, Longitude: 121º26'15"W)
Radius: 10 nautical miles
Altitude: From and including 4100 feet MSL up to and including 18000 feet MSL
Effective Date(s):
From February 21, 2016 at 2200 UTC (February 21, 2016 at 1400 PST)
To February 28, 2016 at 2159 UTC (February 28, 2016 at 1359 PST)

a reply to: HomeyKXTA

The base get used a lot for spy missions so it wouldn't be a stretch to have something interesting flying out of it.

a reply to: B2StealthBomber

I've always thought Beale AFB always seems a little too quiet, especially with all the funding they get.
"Hey, don't mind us, were just a quaint little local Air force Base, located close enough to large cities and infrastructures for support, but far enough away to not be noticed when we put up a 7 day TFR...move along people, nothing to see here!"

I live just outside Beale and these NOTAMs are fairly common. I've always associated them with Global Hawk sorties. At least that's my assumption since nothing really exciting ever happens beyond the U-2s, T-38s and Global Hawks in the pattern. Nevertheless, I'll definitely keep my eyes open...

a reply to: megamac

Please keep us posted Megac. Hope you've got a nice view
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a reply to: HomeyKXTA

There's an interesting high security hangar/complex on the north side of Beale. It's in the old alert facility, outside the compass rose. Looks like there's a model of a Predator outside one of the buildings. I wonder what's in that hangar.

a reply to: Northernhollow

The static display looks like a small scale RQ-4 judging by the wingspan to length ratio. The hanger is too small to fit either an RQ-4 or a U-2 though (roof line measures aprox. 100ft max width). Looking at the two to three sat dishes (depending on who's sat images you look at) in the compound though, my guess would be a UAS of some kind is in there.

I don't use Google Earth as reference, because I hate looking like a fool.

Beale is a great place for "touch, fuel and go"

Barksdale and England are the same.

Had a SR sighting in Shreveport, Tuesday.

This is England Airpark.

Totally civilian.

Me, a few years ago.

I never drove a truck, I worked inside a fence.

Wait....those boots ?

I still have them.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm............

These have been on my wall, over a year...

When were they first posted, here ?

There's a TFR at least once a month there. Nothing out of the ordinary.

a reply to: 38181

Once a month, for a year.

Ok.

Back in 2008 Beale was granted 3 TFRs a week for uav operations. The AOPA has been complaining for years because they'll post two or three a day sometimes.