• AGE uses JP-8 to support Travis aircraft

    For those who have flown on Travis aircraft, it may be a mystery that it takes hundreds of pieces of ground equipment to keep those planes mission ready. It may be an even bigger mystery that the fuel keeping some of those machines ready is the very same fuel that powers aircraft. The fuel is Jet

  • Mom’s Special Brunch at Travis

    Moms love brunch and the Delta Breeze Club loves Mom. Poached eggs, crispy bacon and beverages - these are just a few of the items that the DBC is preparing for Travis moms on Mother's Day Sunday. Celebrating Mother's Day with brunch is not new to Travis. However, this year Chef Jacob Knutte, 60th

  • Travis prepares for Critical Days of Summer

     The Critical Days of Summer campaign begins May 25 for the Memorial Day weekend and ends after Labor Day weekend. Travis leadership's goal is to heighten activity awareness so each Airman will make their safety a personal choice. The theme this year is "Safety - It's Personal." On May 18, members

  • Aerial porters move pallets

    It may be no rare feat for Travis Airmen to move more than 87,000 pounds of cargo in only one day. It may also be commonplace for them to deal with moving approximately $59.7 million worth of goods in a single shift.However, for a unit with only three people, the Airmen in the Department of Defense

  • Four tips to keep your car going all summer

    The weather is warm, the bags are packed and there's not a cloud in the sky. It's a perfect day for a summer road trip; until the car won't start. Now your day of fun in the sun just got cut short by an expensive repair issue that could have been avoided with routine maintenance.John Gray, Travis

  • Last C-5 Galaxy receives AMP at Travis

    A 1970 C-5A Galaxy was the last C-5A to be converted from a "legacy" C-5 to an Avionics Modernization Program C-5 in the Air Force and was completed at Travis Sunday. Since June 2005, 38 C-5 A/B aircraft were modified at Travis by the Lockheed Martin contract field team as part of a two-phased

  • Vet finds American dream

    Master Sgt. Sam Katchmar retired in June of ʼ68, 20 years after he began his service to the country in the newly-formed Air Force. American-born, his mother sold their family saloon and moved, with her six children, to Poland after her husband died in a coal mine accident. The family survived in

  • Resiliency, positive attitude equals positive outcome

    Too often our lives are hit with unexpected changes that can result in difficult and stressful times. In my 23 years in our fine Air Force, I have personally experienced some rather tough times. When I think back, I remember feeling a sense of hopelessness and anguish. I wondered how I was ever

  • DGMC marks Nurse and Technician Appreciation Week

    David Grant USAF Medical Center will launch a week-long celebration Monday to honor its registered nurses and medical technician staff members.Scheduled activities under this year's theme of "Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring" include a display of school children's drawings of RNs and medics, a