• Guevara and medical center 30 years older

    There probably isn’t a door or square-inch of space that Felix Guevara has not touched inside the 808,000 square-foot David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base during the past 30 years. On weekdays, Guevara begins his shift at 2 a.m. repairing, replacing and repainting sheet rock

  • Travis firefighter earns hockey MVP title

    Staff Sgt. Justin Rico, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services training NCO in charge, wears several hats; he’s a husband, a father, an Airman, a firefighter and now an MVP. The Travis Airman was recognized as the most valuable player in the Armed Services Hockey Association Las Vegas

  • Wishing you a happy, healthy eating season

    With the holidays around the corner, there is bound to be an abundance of delicious foods at parties, family dinners and other gatherings. However, the merriment can quickly change to misery if food makes you or others ill.

  • 2019 Air Show 'Thunder Over the Bay' March 30 & 31

    Travis has scheduled the 2019 air show titled “Thunder over the Bay” for March 30-31. Headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the two-day event will be free and open to the public. The event theme is Honoring Hometown Heroes and will recognize admirable individuals and groups, both military

  • Bread-fed redemption: DFAC Airman uses food to bring peers together

    By outward appearances, the dining facility at Travis Air Force Base is run-of-the-mill. So ordinary, in fact, that you could easily be lulled into the idea that nothing special occurred there, but according to Senior Airman Oscar Callejas, 60th Force Support Squadron food service shift worker,

  • Leadership is an art and science

    When I came into the Air Force, I had amassed 160 semester hours of college credit. Of the 160 hours, only three were in humanities and arts. The majority of my time in college was spent focused on what now is called STEM, science, technology, engineering and math. It took a mentor to set me on the

  • Preparing mobility forces for tomorrow

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Matt Ables, 9th Air Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender pilot, conducts pre-flight checks on a mask before a training sortie at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 26, 2018. Travis Airmen conduct training events to stay current and be prepared for future mobility operations.

  • Command Post: More than just the Giant Voice

    For the largest base in Air Mobility Command, the Travis Air Force Base, California, command post mission revolves around tracking the three weapons systems - C-17 Globemaster III, C-5M Super Galaxy, KC-10 Extender - at Travis as well as any transient aircraft that pass through the base. The command