• Sesame Street visits Travis

    Approximately 1,600 Golden Bears and their cubs watched Sesame Street's Elmo and friends perform Wednesday and Thursday at the Travis Air Force Base Fitness Center."This really brightened my child's day," said Jeff Cornett, 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief. "She loves Elmo, so this

  • Command presence: CMSAF visits Gateway to the Pacific

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody visited Travis to meet Airmen and thank them for their service, July 9 through 11. During the visit, Cody toured the base and hosted an Airmen's Call at the theater where he discussed the future of the Air Force and force management challenges. "We

  • Customs, courtesies essential for protocol

    Behind the scenes is a recurring series featuring Airmen in units that have big impact, but low visibility."If you think base events run smoothly and are uniformly crisp, then protocol was behind the scenes," said Staff Sgt. Asia Cook, 60th Air Mobility Wing Protocol specialist.Wing Protocol

  • Exercise tests Travis with earthquake scenario

    A base-wide exercise July 15 incorporated an earthquake emergency scenario on Travis Air Force Base that resulted in mass casualties, injuries and damage to facilities. Travis resides in Northern California, an area of the country prone to this type of natural disaster. "Yesterday's exercise was

  • Rock band films video at Travis

    The pop rock band Breakaway Patriot filmed a portion of their new upcoming video Wednesday on Travis."They're a really talented and young band," said John Dunbar, Mayor of Yountville and 60th Maintenance Group honorary commander. "The band's song 'Flying on the Water' was selected as the official

  • Fighting multiple battles

    Tech. Sgt. David Lopez, 60th Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of mobility and resources, participated as a member of a team in the Gotta Tri Triathlon June 28 throughout base. Lopez completed the bicycle portion while his team members, Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Swift and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Benitez,

  • DGMC welcomes new medical group commander

    "Sir, I assume command." With that time-honored phrase, Col. (Dr.) Rawson Wood accepted the ceremonial guidon from presiding official Col. Corey Martin, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, Monday morning as the 60th Medical Group's newest commander. Standing before an audience of more than 200 guests

  • A quarter century of fitness

    Any service member or civilian who has utilized the Fitness Center or taken a physical fitness assessment during the past quarter century on Travis has been impacted, directly or indirectly, by one person.Barbara Green, Air Force fitness specialist, has trained Airmen, conducted PT tests and

  • 6th ARS named best in Air Force

    The 6th Air Refueling Squadron on Travis Air Force Base was awarded the Albert L. Evans award June 21 at the 35th annual Boom Symposium at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.The award is named after Senior Master Sgt. Albert Evans, a boom operator who died in a KC-135 Stratotanker crash at Castle Air