• Base's free bike program gains traction

    The Travis Bike Barn program provides Airmen, civilians and children who live or work on Travis Air Force Base, California, with a free bike.The goal of the Bike Barn is to provide people who don’t have a car with a means of transportation at no cost.

  • Stay calm, work hard to become great leader

    Travis, it has been an honor and a privilege to have served with you, alongside you and for you. I would like to take this opportunity to leave you with some words of guidance I have reflected on in my own career as well as passed on to many of you. If you have ever attended one of my briefings,

  • Travis specializes in doing the impossible

    On Feb. 20, 2015, I was given the esteemed honor of leading the greatest Air Force wing in the world and, during the next 16 months, had a front-row seat at one of the greatest demonstrations of mobility power I have ever witnessed.

  • 'Flame of Hope' passes through Travis

    Service members from the 60th Security Forces Squadron participated June 23 in the 2016 Solano County Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, beginning at the Main Gate Visitor Control Center of Travis Air Force Base, California.The passing of the Special Olympics torch, known as “the Flame

  • Consumer bureau watches out for Airmen

    On June 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office of Service Member Affairs assistant director, Holly Petraeus visited Travis Air Force Base, Calif, to meet with leadership to discuss steps which prevent Airmen from being taken advantage of through scams, fraud, and other unethical

  • Maintainers' hydraulic section consolidates

    Recently, Air Mobility Command requested the hydraulics sections and the back shops, which focus on repair and maintenance, for each of the three airframes at Travis Air Force Base, California, be consolidated into one.The hydraulics sections inspect, test and service hydraulic and aerial refueling

  • Failure can teach us life lessons, resilience

    Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden defined success as peace of mind which results from knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable. You may have seen this featured on a television commercial this spring. I first saw it many years ago while researching a paper on

  • 860th AMXS nears 10-year anniversary

    This summer, we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the C-17 Globemaster III at Travis Air Force Base, California. On Aug. 2, 2006, the Fairfield-Suisun-Vacaville community received the first of 13 C-17s with the arrival of tail no. 66154. It would take two years and three months to receive our full

  • 21st AS supports Saber Strike

    On June 10, a C-17 Globemaster III crew from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base California took off in support of exercise Sabre Strike 16. The exercise, involving more than 4,500 military members from 13 different NATO countries will last through June 21.

  • 860th AMXS production team ensures C-17 fleet mission ready

    Nearly 20 Airmen assigned to the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s production section are responsible for managing the maintenance effort of more than a dozen C-17 Globemaster III aircraft valued at $2.9 billion at Travis Air Force Base, California.