• Exceptional 2014 sets bar high for '15

    Happy New Year Golden Bears and welcome back to what promises to be an exciting and dynamic year at Travis Air Force Base. Travis' ability to increase efficiency through innovation has been recognized across the Air Force as evidenced by the 60th Air Mobility Wing winning the 2014 Air Force

  • Letter to Airmen: The Year of Rapid Global Mobility

    Mobility Airmen,This was a challenging year for our command, and mission success would not have been possible without your dedication and hard work.  In the face of budget uncertainty and force management decisions you continue to effectively accomplish the mission on a global scale in an

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Donation delivers toys to Travis

    Tables teemed with towers of free toys Dec. 5 at Travis Air Force Base's First Street Chapel as part of a donation to 250 military families.Approximately 100 boxes totaling more than 10,000 toys were donated to Airmen and other service members by Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that

  • Three core values, not just three words

    "A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at all times greater than his own personal pride and when he holds himself to the same line of duty when unobserved as he would follow if his superiors were present,"  Gen. S.L.A. Marshall.My time in the Air Force actually predates

  • Taking care of oneself helps take care of mission

    Service before self. Does that mean that I put my physical, mental, spiritual and emotional needs last?  No.It means that Airmen lead a life that balances personal needs and responsibilities while being dedicated to the mission and their fellow Airmen. In fact, Airmen who do not take care of

  • Area Defense Counsel differs from legal office

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office and Area Defense Counsel are often confused as the same thing.  While both have judge advocate generals and paralegals working hard to ensure their clients are served, the similarities stop there.For instance, the legal office has the military justice section

  • C-5 Pacific channel: Big crew with a big mission

    The first thing you need to know about a C-5B Galaxy channel mission: everything is really big.The plane is huge, distances are vast and even the sound is enormous.As the mission begins, four TF-39 turbofans belt out their oversized metallic howl, accelerating more than 600,000 pounds of aluminum,

  • Mobility tours in Las Vegas

    On Nov. 16, Mobility Rock Band from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West launched a four-concert tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.The band is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California, and was touring in Nevada to represent Airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases within their local