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Sept. 11, 2017
Travis C-5 transports Nellis rescue unit to support Hurricane Irma relief operations

In midafternoon Sept. 8, the 66th Rescue Squadron and 823rd Maintenance Squadron assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada received a call from the U.S. Northern Command to ready teams to support FEMA search and rescue efforts in the Florida Keys following the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which
Sept. 11, 2017
Travis Citizen Airman leads way in Oregon forest fire escape

Tech. Sgt. Rob Dones was simply out for a 4-mile hike when a giant plume of smoke from a raging forest fire turned a casual date into a 22-plus hour rescue of more than 140 people.
Sept. 11, 2017
Honorary commanders visit Travis

Travis Air Force Base, Calif. hosted a tour for 35 honorary commanders from the 60th Air Mobility Wing Sept. 1. The tour featured a training mission that provided the honorary commanders a firsthand experience of the dynamic and diverse mission of Travis’ 60th Operations Group.
Sept. 10, 2017
Travis transports critical aid in support of Hurricane Irma relief operations

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III departed Travis Air Force Base, California, during the early morning hours Sept. 9, 2017, enroute to Puerto Rico to deliver a team of search and rescue personnel assigned to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Texas Task Force 1 in support of Hurricane Irma
Sept. 8, 2017
Phoenix Spark innovates fleet-wide C-17 EFB mount

Senior leaders from the 18th Air Force and Air Mobility Command joined aircrew members from the 21st Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California, on a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 12 to secure the implementation of the ever Phoenix Spark initiative.
Sept. 6, 2017
Pharmacy opens refill kiosks

To reduce pharmacy wait times and better serve beneficiaries, the David Grant USAF Medical Center has installed two self-service kiosks for prescription refills in the base exchange mini-mall at Travis Air Force Base, California.
Sept. 6, 2017
Travis to honor POW, MIA service members

More than 83,000 U.S. service members are unaccounted for since World War II.Travis Air Force Base, California, is set to honor every one of them with a series of events on Sept. 14 and 15.
Sept. 6, 2017
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the Department of Defense is encouraging people to connect with others to save the lives of service members, civilians and their families.
Sept. 6, 2017
Symbols We Stow: Flag serves as memorial for sergeant

When Carole Sherbula gave a flag to Staff Sgt. Korey O’Shea, he had no idea how its meaning would change.When he was about to go on his first deployment in 2012, O’Shea, 921st Contingency Response Squadron aerial port mobility supervisor, accepted the rectangle of cloth from Sherbula, a family
Aug. 30, 2017
60 APS conducts joint inspection with FEMA

Three Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron traveled to Sacramento Aug. 23 to perform a joint inspection with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Task Force 7. Task Force 7 is one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces based in California and one of 28 in the United States. They