• Travis prepares to win 2007 Rodeo

    Team Travis is gearing up to compete in the 2007 Air Mobility Command Expeditionary Rodeo July 22 to 28 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Two years ago, Team Travis took home 13 out of 22 trophies at the competition. However, the coveted Commander's Air Mobility Wing best overall award was denied

  • 60th Aerial Port Squadron wins Air Force Large Terminal Unit of the Year award

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron won the 2006 Air Force Large Terminal Unit of the Year award for developing innovative practices. "I'm extremely proud of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron 'Port Dawgs,'" said Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, 60th APS commander. "The AMC staff selected this squadron to be the model

  • USAF Bands are in the fight

    I'm still amazed when people stare at me and say, "Our Air Force has bands? What do you do? You mean Tops in Blue? Oh, I see... you play the National Anthem for a change of command." I guess with bands at only ten continental United States locations and four non-continental United States locations,

  • First Sergeant leadership develops enlisted force

    You've heard it before, and it's true; our enlisted force is the best in the world and the envy of Air Forces around the globe. Over the years, through education, experience and leadership training, we've developed strong and highly effective leaders. Our first sergeants are at the tip of the spear

  • Air Force 60th anniversary celebrates past, present

    This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of the world's best Air Force. To kick off the commemorative year a memorial focusing on the branch's core values was dedicated, last October, to all of the men and women of the Air Force, past and present, in Washington D.C. Locally, our

  • Travis hosts Pilot for a Day

    The 9th Air Refueling Squadron from Travis AFB will host the Pilot for a Day program for a survivor of Lymphoma and a kidney transplant April 20. Simon Meyer, an 11-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area, will be the guest of honor for the event. He and his family will tour the 9th ARS, KC-10

  • Fitness Center Wins Award

    The Travis Fitness Center won best Fitness Center in the Air Force for 2006. "It's a great facility," said Mr. J.D. Floyd, who goes to the Fitness Center five to six times a week. "The hours are great. I can come in [during] the morning noon or night and the people are very hospitable "If you tell

  • Travis Air Force Base Warrior of the Week: Senior Airman Angela Randall

    Name: Angela Randall Rank: senior airman Squadron: 60th Medical Operations Squadron Duty Title: Aerospace Medical Service journeyman Years in service: 3 years Hometown: Chico, Calif. Family: Mom, Dad, three sisters, two brothers, a nephew and a niece. Goals: "I am planning to attend nursing school

  • Logistics specialist busts boards, wins trophies

    With a quick movement, multiple boards break into pieces and many concrete blocks shatter to the ground. This sounds like the works of an earthquake, but it's not. The damage is done by the hands of a man that has spent the past 33 years in martial arts. Master Gregory Trumbull, 60th Medical Support

  • Weather Flight rules the night

    The Weather Flight office is calm and quiet after the hustle and bustle of the day is over and the evening shift begins their night's work. The Weather Flight is small in comparison to other flights on base, with an all-enlisted flight of eight weather forecasters, but their job is just as important