• Base hosts power tournament

    National Earth Day was April 22, and the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron hosted the 2nd annual Airman Power Tournament to celebrate the day at the Travis Fitness Center. During the tournament, teams competed on elliptical machines attached to a ReRev electrical generator system that converts human

  • 22nd AS helps boys, girls

    Airmen of the 22nd Airlift Squadron have a long history of moving the mission around the world, but the squadron also strives to impact the local community. On April 17th and 24th, a group of 12 junior enlisted members swarmed the grounds of the Vacaville Boys and Girls Club providing some much

  • Travis gives the hook up to transportation of unmanned vehicles

    Travis porters transferred two unmanned aerial vehicles and their support equipment from ground transportation to a C-17 Globemaster III Tuesday on base. The UAVs were moved through Travis because the special cargo mission here makes it feasible."It takes a lot of coordination to do something like

  • Officer retires after fini flight

    Lt. Col. Scott Moffat, 9th Aerial Refueling Squadron chief of training, celebrated his retirement from the Air Force with his final flight yesterday at Travis.Moffat flew the KC-10 Extender for the majority of his career in the Air Force, after a brief three-year stint on the KC-135 Stratotanker

  • Retiree's speech puts resilience in context

    In the past few years, there has been a lot of talk about resiliency and developing a wingman culture. Often, they tend to become just words, overused or even used out of context. But occasionally, you come across something that leaves you saying, "That's it." A recent experience surrounding a

  • Lessons learned on path to chief master sergeant

    Have you ever gone shopping without a list? What typically happens is you'll get everything but the main items you originally went shopping for. Setting goals is as easy as creating a shopping or a to-do list. Ultimately, you should have a goal for every aspect of your life, career, education,

  • What is the cost of safety?

    As we ride full speed ahead through sequestration and continuing resolutions, our leaders are making many tough decisions on where and how to spend money with tighter budgets. The conversations about tiered temporary duties and mission-critical items have continually led me to ask the same question:

  • Constuction projects aim to give Travis facelift

    Travis is conducting various construction projects between now and October.Currently, a new jogging path along First Street is under way which will connect the red track with the duck pond."The construction of the new jogging path is really going to improve the quality of life for the Airmen," said

  • Leadership honors AADD volunteers

    Ten Travis Airmen were recently recognized by wing leadership for volunteering at least 100 hours with the Airmen Against Drunk Driving program on the base.Since February, Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, has recognized and presented coins to the top volunteers who sacrifice

  • Blackout has effect on safety of food

    A base-wide power outage is scheduled for Sunday and the required maintenance may take up to nine hours. The public health flight at David Grant USAF Medical Center offers these pointers to help keep families safe from potential problems due to a lack of proper refrigeration of perishable food at