(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Secretary of the Air Force Public affairs office has issued a press release announcing that Beale Air Force Base has been chosen as the home of the new Battle Management Control Squadron.

The new mission will add 140 military authorizations at Beale “over the next few years” with personnel expected to begin arriving in the summer of next year.

The Battle Management Control Squadron will integrate with Beale’s Common Mission Control Center and “perform battle management of manned and unmanned new and legacy aircraft” and “allow greater collaboration between information systems.”