• Aero club offers flight lessons

    Staff Sgt. Brian Abbott, KC-10 Extender crew chief and a certified pilot, mans the controls inside a Travis Aero Club Piper Archer III more than a half mile above Earth. He relies on several instruments as he navigates through the sky.The hour long instrumentation flight was one of many for Abbott,

  • Wingman Week focuses on resiliency

    Travis Airmen set aside their daily tasks this week to come together to participate in Wingman Week activities.According to Wes Yancey, 60th Air Mobility Wing community support coordinator, the base switched from Wingman Day to Wingman Week to offer as many opportunities as possible for Airmen to

  • Local youth visit Travis, learn about Air Force mission

    Travis Air Force Base, California, welcomed more than 100 current and former high school students March 10 during the base's Golden Bear Outreach and Recruiting event.The event, now in its third year, provides potential recruits, members of the Air Force Delayed Entry Program and their families with

  • Travis tests radar technology

    Leaders from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Operations Group and 60th Operation Support Squadron met with members of the Federal Aviation Administration and C-Speed, a product development and engineering services company, March 6 at Travis Air Force Base, California, to discuss the progress of the

  • Travis leaders visit, honor WWII vet

    Six officers from Travis Air Force Base, California, traveled to Walnut Creek March 7 to honor Retired Maj. John Thelen, 93, a World War II combat veteran and the last surviving member of the B-24 Liberator Bomber crew "Shoo Shoo Baby."Thelen flew 50 combat missions during WWII and, thanks in part

  • Local religious leaders visit Travis

    More than 40 religious leaders gathered to break bread and share spiritual ideas on Tuesday at Travis Air Force Base, California, during the Clergy Day event, the first held in more than six years.The diverse group included pastors, associate pastors, rabbis, police and fire chaplains from all over

  • AGE keeps machines in shape

    For every hour a plane spends in the air, it spends dozens of hours on the ground being maintained and prepped.The mission of the Travis Air Force Base, California, Aerospace Ground Equipment flight is to provide the base, mainly the maintenance group, with the equipment it needs to perform its

  • Staff sergeant beats cancer

    For many people Independence Day is all about celebration, spending time with family and watching fireworks light up the night sky. However, on July 4, 2014, there was no celebrating for Staff Sgt. Richard L. Johnson.On that fateful day at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., the 660th Aircraft

  • 60th Air Mobility Wing welcomes new commander

    Col. Joel Jackson assumed command of the 60th Air Mobility Wing from Col. Corey Martin during the wing's change of command ceremony here Feb. 20.Previously the commander of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jackson now commands the largest wing in Air Mobility Command.

  • Sergeant a 'Warrior' in LP

    There are many reasons why Airmen at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., attend free courses including, but not limited to, learning how to buy a house, how to work with the variety of personalities in the work place and even how to run with proper form.For Tech. Sgt. Mark Esquer, 15th Air Mobility