• Travis Airmen refuel B-1 during Eager Lion 17

    As part of Exercise Eager Lion 17, two KC-10 Extender crews from Travis Air Force Base, California, used the airfield on the McGuire-side of the Joint Base as a staging area for refueling operations over Newfoundland, May 18, 2017.

  • Eight Travis officers selected for promotion in field grade ranks

    Eight officers assigned to Travis Air Force Base were selected for promotion May 24. Across the Air Force, 1,303 active-duty officers were selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the 2017A Colonel Medical Service Corps, Lieutenant Colonel Line of the Air Force and

  • Travis tests implant tracking system

    Every year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalls thousands of medical devices and tissue implants for a variety of reasons, including safety.

  • Port Dawgs run in memory of fallen

    A group of runners ran a solemn five-kilometer loop throughout Travis Air Force Base, California, May 17, different in every way but their shared title: they were all Port Dawgs.

  • Let your people do their job

    Recently, while deployed I came in one morning and saw things were more hectic than usual. The two master sergeants on shift gave me the morning update and the day wasn’t starting off well. Planes were broken, the flying schedule was a mess and my people were running around with their “hair on

  • Balancing the Inverted Pyramid

    For the last two years I have had the tremendous honor of serving maintainers as a squadron commander, an uncommon path for someone who grew up in the flying community. When I received the call, I wondered how my skills would translate and what I could offer the unit. I found out quickly what I did