• Hospital awarded VPP STAR status by OSHA

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded David Grant USAF Medical Center the designation of a new Voluntary Protection Programs STAR site.DGMC joins an elite group of only 2,236 businesses out of more than 70,000 nationwide to have achieved this level of performance.

  • Youth center mom is parent of the year

    A member of the 60th Force Support Squadron was named 2009 National Alliance for Youth Sports Parent of the Year by the National Association of Youth Sports Dec. 2 at a ceremony held in Orlando, Fla.Patty Karels, a school-age clerk for the Travis Youth Center here, received the Parent of the Year

  • Open for business

    A ceremony here Jan. 15 marked the opening of a two-bay C-17 Globemaster III hangar.The 105-foot tall facility was under construction since 2008. It is the penultimate piece in a 22-project series to make a home for the C-17 airframe at the base.Col. Jim Vechery, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander,

  • Haiti relief resources

    Below is a collection of charitable organizations accepting donations toward the relief effort in Haiti. Action Against Hunger, American Red Cross, American Jewish World Service, Americares, Beyond Borders, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Childcare Worldwide, Church World Service, Direct Relief

  • Retiree Appreciation Day-March 27, 28

    Team Travis will honor local retirees with the annual awareness fair March 27, 28 held in several locations throughout the base.The two-day event, hosted by Team Travis, installation commander here, is designed to both say thanks to the veterans who have served our nation and to make available to

  • Celebrated career ends

    After being there for so many others on their final flights, it was finally Senior Master Sgt. Sara Galvin's turn.On a cold and -- as is so often the case at Travis -- windy morning, the woman, one of the few career-enlisted female aviators to achieve the rare feat of 10,000 flying hours, enjoyed

  • A striking difference

    What wizard came up with the mathematics of bowling? If you knock down nine pins per frame, you get 90. If you knock down ten you get 300! A 12-pin difference triples your score! Life is like that too. A little extra adds up. Almost everyone I know has too much to do. Going to work, driving home,

  • Fit to fly: Team Travis maintainers take on major C-5C repair

    Team Travis Airmen got more than they bargained for when a small repair on a C-5C Galaxy turned out to be a major undertaking. Back in October of 2009, 60th Maintenance Squadron Airmen discovered a leak during a routine inspection that would require major repairs. The C-5C is a space cargo modified

  • AMC brings urban search and rescue team to Haiti

    A C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., arrived in Haiti Thursday, with urban search and rescue teams for humanitarian relief efforts. On their way to Haiti, the aircrew stopped at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to pick up California Task Force 2. The task force, or CA-TF2,

  • Travis AFB provides airlift support for Haiti humanitarian relief

    A C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., deployed Wednesday in support of humanitarian relief for the recent earthquake in Haiti. The aircrew was alerted at 11:15 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, and within 16 hours, the crew was on the ground in Haiti with support."We were told by the