(KTXL) — Colonel Heather Fox, who recently left her post as commander of Beale Air Force Base, may be the most ‘down to Earth’ commander, despite spending close to 3,000 hours 30,000 feet above the Earth. In 2020, Fox had taken command of Beale Air Force Base and more than 7,000 personnel. Her career spans two decades of flying missions over Iraq and Afghanistan in some of the most highly specialized fighter jets and surveillance planes. “I like to call it action nerd.