Editing Beale Air Force Base (section)

===Air Training Command===
In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques. Beale AFB established six bombing ranges of {{convert|1,200|acre|km2}} each and the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] also used Beale for training. From 1951 on, Beale trained Aviation Engineers and ran an Air Base Defense School. These additional activities led to rehabilitation of existing base facilities and construction of rifle, mortar, demolition, and machine gun ranges.

In 1952 Beale AFB was placed in inactive status for conversion to an operational airbase. Headquarters, Aviation Engineer Force administered the base for the next six years while a runway was laid down, and appropriate support facilities (hangars, maintenance shops, warehouses, barracks, and other infrastructure) was laid out and constructed. The 2275th Air Base Squadron was the coordinating organization during the construction period. Also in 1952, Beale stopped being used as a bombing range and the U.S. Government declared portions of Camp Beale/Beale AFB as excess, eventually transferring out {{convert|60805|acre|km2}}.

Eventually excess land from the former Army Camp was sold off to the public. On 21 December 1959, {{convert|40592|acre|km2}} on the eastern side of the Base were sold at auction. An additional {{convert|11213|acre|km2}} was transferred to the State of California between 1962 and 1964, and now comprise the [[Spenceville Wildlife Area|Spenceville Wildlife and Recreation Area]]. In 1964–1965, another {{convert|9000|acre|km2}} were sold at auction. In deeds for the former Camp Beale property, the Federal Government recommended that the property have surface use only.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.campbeale.org/proj%5Fprofile/history/ |title=CampBeale.org: ''Site History'' |access-date=9 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201033238/http://www.campbeale.org/proj%5Fprofile/history/ |archive-date=1 December 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>