Colonel, USAF, Ret. Candidate for MOL-1. Beale completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Greenville AFB, Mississippi, in February 1957. After completing F-86 Sabre Combat Crew Training, he was assigned to the 45th Fighter Day Squadron at Sibi Slimane AB, Morocco, where he served from September 1957 to February 1958. He then transferred to the 77th Fighter Bomber Squadron at RAF Wethersfield, England, where he served until September 1960. Beale then completed an Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) assignment in October 1962 and served as a Weapons Systems Engineer until he was selected to attend Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, in June 1963. After completing TPS he served as a Flight Test Pilot at Eglin AFB, Florida, from August 1964 to August 1966. Beale served with HQ USAF in the Pentagon from September 1968 to August 1971, followed by Air War College from August 1971 to June 1972. Beale next served as Vice Commander and then Commander of the 24th Composite Group at Howard AFB, Panama, from January 1974 to August 1975. He served with the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, from August 1975 to June 1978. His final assignment was as Director of Armament and Avionics Requirements on the Staff at Headquarters Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB, Virginia, from June 1978 until his retirement from the Air Force on June 30, 1979.