• Maintainers and porters push plane

    While many Airmen and their families were fast asleep, Travis Air Force Base, California, crews were up setting world aviation records.In the early morning of April 3, a Travis C-5M Super Galaxy set 45 records, landing it as the world's top aviation record holder, but none of this would have been

  • Travis C-5M flies into aviation record books

    In the early morning hours of April 3, a C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew from Travis Air Force Base, California, put the aircraft's capabilities to the test.The eight-person crew, with members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the 349th AMW's 312th AS, accomplished their goal of

  • Family Fun Fest puts focus on Travis' children

    Travis held its third annual Family Fun Fest April 1 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center parking lot to kick off Month of the Military Child, National Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Autism Awareness Month.Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense, established April as the Month

  • Base honors late POW, WWII veteran

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base performed full military honors for retired Master Sgt. Robert Foster, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war March 31 during a memorial service at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.Foster died at the age of 92 on March 18 due to

  • Sergeant helps others in India

    "From across the room, I watched a man, who had lost his left foot, crawl to the water station," said Staff Sgt. Alexander Cedillo from Travis Air Force Base, California. "He could've asked me to get it for him but he didn't. Instead, with great difficulty, he made it back to his bed and then handed

  • Breaking dawn: Travis aims for record books with overnight C-5M flight

    While many in the Travis Air Force Base, California, community slept April 3, one of the base's C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft was scheduled to soar into the record books.The C-5M, lead by a crew of eight Airmen pooled from the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the 349th AMW's 312th AS,

  • Smash Mouth to play at Travis

    San Jose-based pop rock group Smash Mouth will headline a single-day music festival April 17 at Travis Air Force Base, California.The Bear-Powered Music Festival takes place from April 17 at the Travis dorm soccer field area. It is free for all Department of Defense ID cardholders.Additional

  • Chief of safety visits Travis

    Maj. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, Air Force Chief of Safety and Air Force Safety Center commander at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, visited Travis Air Force Base, California, March, 20. Neubauer met with members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety and discussed concerns with current hazards on

  • Eagle Flag exercise brings services together

    The boots of more than 170 Airmen and Soldiers trekked through the grounds of a remote exercise site at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.All that stood before them was a barren field - with mud so dense it would act as a suction cup with each step they took - all while ice and snow