Since it arrived at Beale, 1066 has flown nearly 12,000 missions. In January, Beale announced the retirement of TU-2S Dragon Lady 1065, which also arrived at the Yuba County base in the early 1980s.

"We inspect and maintain around 40 egress systems from U-2s, TU-2s, and T-38s," said Staff Sgt. Cody Clark, 9th Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress craftsman. Being responsible for inspecting and ...