• Base makes airpower happen

    Hello Team Travis -- Airpower! It's great to be back in Northern California amongst friends and serving alongside of America's greatest Airmen. Nancy and I are honored to, again, be members of the Travis family, a team that continues to exude excellence at every turn. With your recent Operational

  • You, Me, and the Mission

    Recent events and interactions here at Travis Air Force Base stressed the importance of marrying what you and I do on a daily basis - executing our dual-hatted mission - with the greater Air Force mission. Conversations with Travis warriors during the recent Operation Readiness Exercise as well as

  • Operation Gratitude thanks California warriors of the past who served

    Airmen of the 349th Air Mobility Wing, wearing their brightest smiles, turned out in June to say "thank you for your service" to a special group of Americans.Nestled in the rolling hills of Napa Valley wine country, the scene was the California Veterans Home in Yountville, Calif. For the past eight

  • Scholarships awarded to family housing residents

    Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation recently announced Steven Sigley Jr.,Ha'Ani Artero and Adams Spaulding were awarded $1,000 scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. "We are extremely proud of of our young residents." stated Patrick Hoppaugh, community manager for Balfour Beatty

  • "Roving ambassadors" visit Travis Fisher House

    Audrey Fisher and Nancy Edelman, vice chairs of the Fisher House Foundation board of trustees and "roving ambassadors," accompanied by Jim Weiskopf, FHF vice president, arrived Wednesday for a whirlwind, four-hour visit to Travis Fisher House and David Grant USAF Medical Center. The biennial visit

  • Smooth skies, Air Traffic Controllers keep base's traffic flowing safely

    Controlling the airspace around the largest host wing in the Air Mobility Command may seem like a highly stressful job, but the Airmen working in the air traffic control tower here rely on training and teamwork to complete the mission."I don't find the job stressful at all. As long as everyone is up