• The future of Contingency Response: the D-E-V-I-L is in the details

    How will the Air Force utilize the contingency response mission in the future? What capabilities will be required to execute that mission? What are the future conditions we will be required to operate under?These questions -- and many more -- were at the heart of a recent Contingency Response

  • Readiness tested during exercise Crisis Look

    Members of all three wings at Travis Air Force Base, California, participated in exercise Crisis Look 16-01 from Feb. 1 to 6 as part of an effort to assess the installation's ability to deploy a large body of personnel on short notice.Crisis Look was designed to evaluate the level of compliance with

  • HVAC team keeps Travis comfortable

    The temperature outside can affect daily life with changes to outdoor activities, clothing and even mood.Heating, ventilating and air conditioning technicians at Travis Air Force Base, California, keep indoor temperature controlled no matter what the climate is outside."We are responsible for

  • Giving everyone trophies diminishes their value

    I grew up being conditioned that we live in a competitive world.If you want to succeed at something, you have to work at it by devoting time, effort and energy to make people take notice. Some people may be more talented than you, but that is beyond your control. Like most people around my age, 44,

  • Excellence in all we do is key

    I want to talk about how our Air Force Core value of "excellence in all we do" is applied to ongoing change at David Grant USAF Medical Center.I believe all Airmen, and indeed all Americans, want to be excellent, but are sometimes unsure what level of excellence is required for the day's mission.If

  • Travis tankers provide Super Bowl air coverage

    As part of Operation Noble Eagle, two Travis KC-10 Extenders flew aerial refuel missions Feb. 7 to support flight operations for fighter aircraft conducting patrols of the airspace surrounding Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California.While many are familiar with the iconic flyovers associated with

  • Amedee hosts CRW training

    In terms of communication and flexibility, it is hard to match that of the 821st  Contingency Response Group.From Jan. 20 to 22, a 41-member team displayed its skills while taking part in an exercise that involved opening an airbase and supporting airfield operations at Amedee Army Airfield near

  • Travis firefighters set sights on stair climb

    More than 1,900 firefighters from around the world will don 60 pounds of gear, including helmet, protective suit, breathing apparatus and air cylinders, and climb 69 flights of stairs March 6 at the Columbia Center Tower in Seattle, Washington, at 788 feet of vertical elevation. The 1,356 steps will

  • What's gained in professional military education?

    Why do professional military education?  Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." Part of the Air