• Cypress Lakes' Pat Williams remembered

    An empty beer mug, white adjustable hat and gold coin sat at Pat Williams' customary poker night seat May 13, the chair he sat in to play cards for nearly four years. Mr. Williams' co-workers at Travis' Cypress Lakes Golf Course left the seat empty during the evening's weekly Texas Hold'em

  • Remember when ... Travis Air Force Base beginnings

    The origins of every military installation are always designated with a start date. May 17, 1943 signifies the start of Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base known now Travis Air Force Base, Calif. It was on this date that the Air Transport Command formally activated this base with the intention of making

  • Global Mobility Air Operations Center brings troops home

    Airmen of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center here have eliminated most flight delays resulting from the loss of commercially contracted airlift support to AMC from ATA Airlines Inc., a member of a Federal Express team. "18th Air Force and AMC have pulled out all the stops to remedy flight

  • Travis Airman charged for selling, using drugs

    A Travis senior airman was sentenced to a reduction to E-1, confinement for nine months and a Bad Conduct Discharge in court-martial proceedings here recently. The Airman, assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, was charged with wrongful distribution of psilocyn mushrooms, wrongful distribution

  • Operation Gratitude volunteers needed

    The 349th Air Mobility Wing Top 3 council will host the eighth annual Operation Gratitude June 14 at 10 a.m. at the Yountville Veterans Home in Yountville, Calif. The event will honor veterans for the service and sacrifices made while serving in the military. Last year, more than 130 volunteers took

  • Rio Vista Junction offers peek into past

    With its bell clanging, the railcar pulls noisily from the station, loops through a shady eucalyptus grove and begins rolling south through the grassy Montezuma Hills. Such a scene might be a mirage from the past, but it is played out each weekend at the Western Railway Museum where visitors ride

  • Understanding big picture strengthens Team Travis

    Yesterday I said good-bye to my wife and son and hopped on a C-5 Galaxy mission with a 22nd Airlift Squadron crew to deliver new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles into Iraq. These vehicles will help saves the lives of our troops currently serving there. As always, my spouse Deb was there to

  • Are you "Fit to Fight?"

    There are two more months until my annual fitness test. I just completed another hard exercise routine consisting of cardio, weight-training and core exercises. In the morning, I'll start it all over again. As I look out the window of the fitness center, I'm proud to see all the squadron-focused

  • 6th ARS DUI free nine years

    The 6th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis has not had an arrested an Airman for driving under the influence in more than nine years. Despite the rise in active duty and civilian employee DUIs in 2007, and considering there are 150-plus people in the 6th ARS, the streak is even more surprising. Maj.