• Events planned during power outage

    Travis Air Force Base will experience a base-wide power outage 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.Pacific Gas and Electric will conduct maintenance and repairs on the 60 KVA line that is part of the base's power source located near the north gate entrance directly supporting the base. For PG&E to safely and

  • Travis to participate in sixth National Drug Take Back Day

    The 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron's pharmacy staff at David Grant USAF Medical Center and the 60th Security Forces Squadron are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency to locally host the Sixth National Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at the Base Exchange pharmacy.The

  • Win the Game

    During the recent March madness college basketball tournament, a 20-year old young man severely injured himself with a compound fracture of his lower leg. Just moments after the injury, a comrade turned, realized what happened to his friend and immediately collapsed to the floor. Another friend

  • Building network helps on path to making chief

    As a young Airmen, do you have your sights targeted on chief master sergeant? I am very pleased to personally know several Travis Airmen who are focused on hitting that target. This afternoon, the members of Airmen Committed to Excellence here at Travis will take direct aim at all the chief master

  • Mentoring, not one size fits all objective

    In the Air Force, we often mentor others by listing a prescribed set of career objectives and the steps needed to achieve each level. It feels like a flight readiness checklist: technical school Check. Community College of the Air Force? Check. Bachelor's degree? Check. Master's degree? Check.

  • Travis Airmen lend a hand

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base joined forces with community members to volunteer through Rebuilding Together Solano County April 9 through 13 to restore a highly used community facility to operational health and safety standard. The Rio Vista Community and Senior Center is a multifunctional

  • Travis works to save water

    Earth Day was founded by former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson to inspire awareness and appreciation for natural resources and became an international observance in 1990.This year the Air Force's goal is to reduce the consumption of potable water, which is drinkable water, from 2007 to 2020 by 26

  • Travis Airmen raise money for assistance fund

    Travis Airmen display their wingman concept by taking care of each other through donations to the 2013 Air Force Assistance Fund.According to the official website, "The Air Force Assistance Fund was established to provide for an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide

  • Visit to Google inspires creativity

    The Travis Public Affairs office recently took a trip to the Googleplex, Google's corporate headquarters, in Mountain View. As we approached Google's campus, my first impression was of numerous employees riding around on bicycles painted in the company's colors. Some employees were in workout

  • Energy Conservation Pays Off for Travis

    A year ago, Travis had a daunting challenge to cut its energy bill or face up to $500K in budget cuts in other programs to pay the bill. Air Mobility Command issued the funding change as part of fiscal constraints the Department of Defense faces and the importance of energy conservation.Travis