• Airmen help with boy's 'off the wall' wish

    "You wanna be tough, better do what you can, so beat it," blared over the sound system Aug. 24 at the Tucker Farm Center in Calistoga, California, in preparation for a blast-from-the-past party for 4-year-old Marlon Valentine, Michael Jackson fanatic and Make-A-Wish recipient. Airmen from Travis Air

  • MOC coordinates mission

    The intricate coordination among maintenance, aircrew, cargo loaders, fuels and many other support units begins many hours before take-off, and requires accurate information movement to keep the mission safe and successful.The 60th Maintenance Operations Center, usually comprised of 5 Airmen per

  • Travis makes boy superhero for a day

    As he puts on the uniform that resembles military desert camouflage, he is no longer a child. He is a superhero. His mission is to use his extremely advanced fighting skills developed over his 11 years on earth to defeat the bad guys and rescue the good guys. His superhero instincts lead him to the

  • Travis welcomes new 60th Mission Support Group commander

    The 60th Mission Support Group welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony Aug. 8 at Travis Air Force Base.The change of command is an official, formal and brief ceremony that is the military's way of bestowing command responsibility of a unit to one officer. The ceremony is

  • CRW Airman reaches ‘Warrior’ status in Leadership Pathways

    Since the establishment of Leadership Pathways in 2012, only two Airmen have ever reached the program's top-tier. Until recently, when Senior Airman Akeem Washington, 573rd Global Support Squadron, became just the third Airman in Air Mobility Command to stake his claim at attaining 'Warrior'

  • 9th ARS supports new generation of fighter

    A four-man crew from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron flew air refuel missions July 21 to 25 in support of F-35A Lightning II aircraft from the 412th Test Wing in temperatures surpassing 120 degrees within the Mojave Desert. "We were there to do what the KC-10 Extender does best," said Senior Airman

  • Travis, Guard train together

    Fifteen soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the California Army National Guard Homeland Response Force began a joint service exercise Aug. 11 at Travis Air Force Base. United Harbor 2014 is an emergency response exercise that begins with the loading of a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis

  • 2-cent difference saves Travis, Air Force millions

    Travis has jumped on board an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative set in place in 2008 that will eventually save the Air Force and Department of Defense millions of dollars each year.Recently, Travis' aircraft switched from using JP-8, a military specification fuel, to Jet A

  • 15th AMOS hosts HOMEPLATE exercise

    In today's Air Force, the daunting assignment of providing theater-level commanders the ability to optimize the use of scarce air mobility resources through a rapidly deployable team rests upon the shoulders of only a handful of units -air mobility operations squadrons.Led by the 15th AMOS stationed

  • Golden Bear Shadow Program

    In an effort to bridge the gap between junior enlisted Airmen and wing leadership, Travis Air Force Base has implemented the "Golden Bear Shadow Program," scheduled to occur at various squadrons throughout the year.The program will allow for Col. Corey Martin, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, to