• Golden years: Host wing hits half-century mark

    The base chapel's 65-year-old bell rang out five distinct times, one for each of the 60th Air Mobility Wing's five decades. With each toll, cause for celebration was paused for a moment - a moment to honor the Airmen who died in service to their country.On Jan. 8, 1966, the 1501st Air Transport Wing

  • Airman searches in Vietnam for remains

    When Tech. Sgt. Robin Bailon enlisted in Air Force in 2000, she didn't expect her career to place her in Vietnam, serving as a life science investigator.But Bailon, an aircrew flight equipment specialist by trade, had the opportunity to venture far outside the scope of her traditional duties,

  • Modernized retirement plan to take hold in '18

    The military retirement system received an overhaul as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016.Service members who joined prior to Jan. 1, 2006, will be grandfathered into the current pension system and those who join after the Jan. 1, 2018, date will be enrolled in the new blended

  • Airmen journey into medical field

    When envisioning someone within the military medical profession, your first thought isn't an individual that happens to be a technical expert in air-to-air weapon systems. But that's the type of diversity displayed amongst the ranks of the Air Force's physician assistant community. While certainly

  • Are you prepared for storm season?

    It's 2 a.m. and something loud awakens you. Your first thought is "it's a break-in." You roll over to the side of the bed, dangle a foot and try and locate your slippers. Your toes touch something very cold and very wet. "Oh, no," you think.  "The toilet overflowed."That can't be it. You don't hear

  • 60th AMW to toast 50 years at Travis

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing is getting ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary Jan. 19 at Travis Air Force Base, California.To kick off the event, a 5K heritage run will take place at 9 a.m.  The run will feature multiple locations which are significant to the 60th AMW and Travis AFB.  Free to all

  • SecAF makes first official visit to Travis

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited here Jan. 8 to meet with Airmen, discuss her priorities and see first-hand Travis Air Force Base's mission and capabilities as the western seaboard's mobility air forces hub.To begin her visit, James received a detailed mission brief from senior

  • Youth get stylish

    All was a flurry of hair styling, makeup and original fashion designs Dec. 12 at Travis Air Force Base, California, for the first Youth Fashion Competition.Uniquka Christian, wife of Staff Sgt. Charles Christian, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, developed a youth fashion organization in March 2014,