• Enjoy the holidays, keep safety in mind

    As we close out the Thanksgiving season and begin the 24-day marathon of decorating, attending multiple holiday parties and Christmas shopping, we'll be faced with temptations from time to time. There will be opportunities to make smart choices, and I need each of you to be particularly aware during

  • 60th LRS competes for Daedalian honor

    The 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2006 Headquarters Air Mobility Command Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Daedalian Award for a second year in a row. The Daedalian award is given to the best Logistics Readiness Squadron

  • Children respond to the Month of the Military Family

    In honor of the Month of the Military Child, the Airman and Family Readiness Center asked children on base to draw what it means to them to be part of the military family. Hannah Pavlisin, 10, daughter of Col. James and Lt. Col. Pennie Pavlisin, likes being part of a military family because she gets

  • Former Vietnam POW visits Travis

    Lt. Col. (ret.) Barry Bridger, a former Vietnam prisoner of war, visited Travis Nov. 18 to share his experiences as a former POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison. On Jan. 23, 1967, Colonel Bridger was shot down over the city of Son Tay, North Vietnam by a surface-to-air missile. "It was during my

  • Contingency Skills Course helps prepare Airmen for battle

    I knew the Air Force was doing more on the frontlines. However, the contingency skills training course at Fort Dix N.J., gave me a new perspective. Low-crawling in the mud with simulated, insurgents firing AK-47s marked the beginning of my, and my classmates, appreciation of our sister services.

  • Holiday season can be a tough time financially

    Thanksgiving is a time for all of us to pause and reflect upon the many blessing we enjoy personally and professionally. We truly have much to be grateful for, and I thank each of you who shared a portion of your blessings during the recent CFC drive. Following the feasting and fellowship, the

  • We need all Team Travis members to complete mission

    I'm stuffed! The turkey, ham, stuffing and giblet gravy was incredible. I hope each of you had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. My family and I had an awesome time sharing it with friends, co-workers and fellow Airmen. We thought of you throughout the day and gave thanks for being apart of such a

  • Thanksgiving praise for all Team Travis members

    In 1789, George Washington signed a proclamation for "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God." He goes on to write that the Thanksgiving Day should "be devoted by the people of these States, to the

  • Former prisoner of war to speak to Team Travis members

    A Vietnam-era prisoner of war is scheduled to speak to Airmen here Nov. 17 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lt. Col. (ret) Barry Bruton Bridger was captured in North Vietnam on Jan. 23, 1967 after his F-4 Phantom aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. He spent the next six years in a

  • Aircraft to be airlifted from Nut Tree Airport to Travis Air Museum

    The Travis Air Museum is scheduled to receive a C-47 Skytrain Military Transport aircraft Nov. 15 by helicopter from Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville, Calif. Hosted by the Jimmy Doolittle Museum foundation, media will witness the arrival of the C-47 suspended from a California Air National Guard Chinook