• Contingency Response Airmen battle elements during JRTC

    Mobility Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response wing recently concluded a two week joint combat exercise at Fort Polk, La. Approximately 100 Airmen from the 570th Contingency Response Group, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and 60 soldiers from the U.S Army's 689th Rapid Port Opening

  • Travis answers the call in Cuban missile crisis

    Fifty years ago this month, men and women stationed at Travis played an important role in the Cuban missile crisis. Never before, or since, has the world come closer to global nuclear war.After the Soviets built up military forces on the Communist island of Cuba, President John F. Kennedy vowed

  • Managing chaos with training, trust, teamwork

    I recently had the opportunity to attend a large joint exercise with the majority of my squadron and other members from our group. The start of the exercise was a large airdrop insertion of more than 1,200 U.S. Army paratroopers from 21 Air Force aircraft. It was a complex scenario that involved a

  • Retiree appreciation day a success

    More than 550 retirees and their dependents turned out Saturday to partake in the annual Travis Retiree Appreciation Day at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The six-hour event was packed with a wide range of activities from guest speakers and vendors to an outdoor cookout with entertainment by the

  • Travis pushed to brink in Cuban Missle Crisis

    Fifty years ago this month, men and women stationed at Travis played an important role in the Cuban missile crisis, one of the pivotal events of the decades-long Cold War. Never before or since has the world come closer to global nuclear war.In the fall of 1962, the United States monitored the

  • Travis prepares for Energy Action Fair

    Travis' Energy Action Fair is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Travis Fitness Center as a highlight of the base's activities celebrating Energy Awareness Month.Participants will exercise on 10 elliptical machines connected to the base's power grid, which converts human

  • Breaking it again at 89 with DGMC's assistance

    Yeager... Few last names in modern Air Force history evoke as much lore, legacy, respect and admiration by Airmen everywhere as this local living legend. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager retraced history Sunday, 65 years to the minute, as the first test pilot to break the sound

  • Through the eyes of a former IG

    As we approach a busy inspection season, I thought it was appropriate to share some hints for inspection success. As a medical inspector and team chief for the Health Services Inspection team at the Air Force Inspection Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., I spent three years on the inspector

  • Exceptional Family Member Program

    Travis Air Force Base has one of the largest Exceptional Family Member Program populations throughout the entire Air Force. Its mission is to identify medical and educational service requirements of family members in support of active-duty sponsor reassignment and civilian employment overseas. The

  • Retiree appreciation day a success

    More than 550 retirees and their dependents turned out Saturday to partake in the annual Travis Retiree Appreciation Day at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The six-hour event was packed with a wide range of activities from guest speakers and vendors to an outdoor cook out with entertainment by the