• Reservists rescue aircraft crash victim

    If not for the actions of two fast-thinking and well-trained Citizen Airmen, the last Saturday of summer may have ended in tragedy at Clear Lake, California.Capt. Jared Wahleithner and 1st Lt. Chris Dempsey were ferrying passengers to shore Sept. 17, during the annual Clear Lake Seaplane Splash In,

  • True North: Travis JAG bolsters preventative law program

    As part of an effort to bolster the 60th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office’s preventative law program and curb Travis Air Force Base’s recent trend of elevated nonjudicial punishment and courts-martial proceedings in recent years, Travis officials developed a new program to confront Airmen in a more

  • Base determined to curb violence

    Interpersonal violence is a problem in the United States.Statistics show on average, 20 people every minute are physically abused by an intimate partner, more than six million people are stalked by someone each year and one out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or

  • Brothers join forces at Travis

    Approximately one percent of Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. An even smaller percentage have served within the same family, at the same time, at the same base. This is a reality for the Ramirez Arenas brothers from Compton, California. The brothers, who are nearly six years apart,

  • Honorary commanders experience operations mission

    Travis Air Force Base hosted an immersion tour for 41 honorary commanders Sept. 9, where they were provided first-hand experience on multiple facets of the wing’s operational group during their quarterly HCC group tour.The Honorary Commanders Program allows professionals from a variety of areas to

  • Time as MTL helps shape sergeant for job in JA

    Every Airman has their own reason for joining the Air Force and each Airman takes a different path after joining the military. Some stay in the same career field and some cross train to a new one. Each path is as unique as each person wearing the uniform.Staff Sgt. Chester Rafan, 60th Air Mobility

  • 821st CRSS stands ready to work at all hours

    The men and women of the 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron, or CRSS, stand ready 24/7/365, on a 12-hour deployment notice, to support Air Mobility Command, the Air Force and United States Transportation Command with highly qualified and versatile contingency response Airmen.

  • Airman spends life building planes

    When someone explains their love for aircraft, you expect to hear stories of their first experience of an F-22 Raptor roaring down the runway or an A-10 Thunderbolt screeching through the sky, not an F-4 Phantom soaring through the air with a tight grasp of the hand and the smacking of the lips to

  • Haley heads programs to help Travis hearts, minds

    If a program at Travis Air Force Base, California, is helping people, Emily Haley probably has a hand in it or knows about it.Haley, 60th Air Mobility Wing community support coordinator, works with so many intertwining base agencies that it’s difficult to know where one ends and another begins.

  • Protocol: Little office with big mission

    If you have ever attended a formal Air Force event, such as a promotion ceremony or an induction ceremony, you may have noticed how an ordinary room can be changed into a well-decorated, perfectly put together space for a special occasion.The Protocol office at Travis Air Force Base, California, is