• Dog eat dog: Travis set to host K9 competition

    Travis is hosting the 2014 Defenders K9 Trials May 16 and 17 where military and civilian police dogs will show off their best.The trials, organized by the Travis Defenders Association and the Western States Police Canine Association, has 39 different police agencies from Northern California set to

  • Travis plans events to toast Police Week

    Since 1962, a proclamation signed by former President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that day falls as Police Week.This year's Police Week is May 11 to 17.According to policeweek.org, "Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers

  • EOC jumps into action after crash

    At approximately 2:05 p.m., May 4 while performing an acrobatic aerial maneuver, Eddie Andreini, 77 years old from Half Moon Bay, California died after his PT-17 aircraft crashed on Travis airfield. In the aftermath, first responders made their way to the crash site while other personnel went to

  • TRAVIS AIR EXPO CANCELLED AFTER CIVILIAN PERFORMER MISHAP

    While performing an acrobatic aerial maneuver, Eddie Andreini, 77 years old from Half Moon Bay, California deceased after his PT-17 aircraft crashed at approximately 2:05 p.m. at Travis Air Force Base, California, during the "Thunder over Solano" Air Expo. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the

  • Travis chaplain a 'Warrior' in Leadership Pathways

    Capt. (Chaplain) Dave Haltom had a mission.The 60th Air Mobility Wing chaplain enrolled in the Air Force's Leadership Pathway program in January with the goal of covering as many courses as he could during the first quarter of the year.The chaplain didn't just achieve his goal. He did it better than

  • Oral care more than a smile

    In the summer of 2011, Staff Sgt. Anthony Molosz, 60th Medical Group Dental Squadron dental assistant, traveled to the Republic of Suriname, in South America, to provide oral care to more than 2,000 patients during a two-week time frame. In the years since, these humanitarian missions have become

  • AFSA vice chair visits Travis

    Sixty-five percent. That is the maximum amount of a service member's retirement that can be taken from them by an ex-spouse. It doesn't matter if the marriage lasted an hour or a decade. It's theirs to take at will because of old legislature that places the military member at fault no matter what

  • Month seeks to heighten awareness

    The month of April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal of SAAM is to raise awareness about sexual violence, focusing on sexual assault and rape, and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.SAAM provides an annual opportunity to reinforce the

  • OPSEC Denies Information to Enemy

    With the constantly developing world, it is important for Travis personnel to change their social media habits. The use of social networking sites is useful to us and definitely to the nation's enemies because open-source intelligence is very convenient and free.An al-Qaeda training manual recovered

  • Se Habla "Air Force": An Airman's Journey from Puerto Rico to Team Travis

    Staff Sgt. Richard Rodriguez-Marquez grew up listening to the sound of jets. Now an airfield systems technician assigned to the 60th Communications Squadron, Rodriguez-Marquez lived close to Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in his native Puerto Rico. His next door neighbor was an F-16 Fighting