• 9th ARS crew takes on unexpected tasks

    The day started like any other for Capt. Shane Ruether, 9th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and his KC-10 Extender crew of two pilots, one boom operator and one flight engineer. The crew was fulfilling the role as an alternate, tasked to sit alert for a presidential support mission, and was prepared

  • Base recalls POW/MIA

    Travis Air Force Base held a 24-hour run/walk, luncheon and recognition ceremony Sept. 15 and 16 as part of the 2016 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Day.

  • Travis Heritage Center changing with volunteer work force

    The literal translation of “volunteer Air Force” is a group of people who join the military rather than being conscripted or drafted. Loosely translated, the term means “there’s a job to do and you’re the Airman tasked to do it.”At the Travis Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base, California,

  • 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