• Travis takes part in Red Ribbon Week

    The Travis Air Force Base Unified School District, along with more than 80 million young people around the country, celebrated National Red Ribbon Week Oct 23 through today.National Red Ribbon Week is a drug-prevention program in which children wear red ribbons as a pledge to stay away from

  • Singer steps up to plate

    It was a gorgeous fall evening Sunday in San Francisco when a stadium full of 40,000 excited baseball fans paused to honor our nation during the seventh-inning stretch of Game Five in the 2014 World Series.Airman 1st Class Michelle Doolittle, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West vocalist,

  • Travis Airman sings at the World Series

    It was a gorgeous fall evening Sunday in San Francisco when a stadium full of 40,000 excited baseball fans paused to honor our nation during the seventh-inning stretch of Game Five in the 2014 World Series.Airman 1st Class Michelle Doolittle, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West vocalist,

  • AMC civic leaders visit Travis

    Air Mobility Command civic leaders met at Travis Air Force Base Oct. 15 to join Gen. Darren McDew, AMC commander, on his first visit of the installation since assuming command in May. Civic leaders were given the opportunity to speak with McDew, who addressed the importance of the civic leader

  • Sergeant receives Purple Heart

    Staff Sgt. Mitchell E. Johnson, a Wing Operations Center Controller with the 573rd Global Support Squadron, received the Purple Heart from Gen. Darren W. McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, during a ceremony here, Oct. 15.Johnson sustained a traumatic brain injury during his most recent

  • Education Center showcases its Halloween spirit

    Delilah Wilson, 60th Force Support Squadron Education Center technician, currently has her collection of Halloween decorations on display at the Travis Air Force Base Education Center through Halloween and will have different décor as the Holidays come and go."We try to have fun over here," said

  • Wing garners service award

    The Secretary of the Air Force recently announced the 60th Air Mobility Wing as a recipient of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.This marks the 21st time since 1965 that the Travis wing has been awarded the AFOUA.In order to

  • McDew talks people, vision

    General Darren McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, addressed a gamut of questions during a Q-and-A session Oct. 16 at Travis Air Force Base as part of his first official visit since assuming command of AMC in early May.With wide-spread changes and undertakings occurring across the enterprise, the

  • Travis provides blood line to Pacific

    Representing just one of two blood processing laboratories in the Department of Defense, the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory West on Travis Air Force Base, serves as the blood line to the entire Pacific Command.Unlike their well-known sister lab at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

  • Program gives trainees glimpse at AF

    Travis Air Force Base hosted approximately 40 individuals from the delayed entry program, junior reserve officer training corps and Civil Air Patrol Oct. 10 for the Golden Bear Outreach Program."The purpose of the program is to inspire, educate and motivate JROTC, Civil Air Patrol and high school