• Aero club offers deal

    The Travis Aero Club is scheduled to offer Airmen free ground school with the purchase of two flight lessons beginning March 10 on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Rio Vista."By purchasing the two flight lessons, it ensures the students will have a practical and technical application of

  • Survey reviews dining services

    The contractor Customer Feedback Insights Group has begun sending survey invitations to 260,000 randomly selected individuals, via Air Force email, at 65 key installations as of February and ending in April.Approved by the Air Force Survey office, the survey gives senior Air Force leaders an honest

  • The Blue Yonders plan for show in Winters

    The Palms Playhouse in Winters will celebrate St. Patrick's Day a little early with a special homecoming concert featuring The Blue Yonders from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West 7:30 p.m. March 13.The Blue Yonders charm audiences with a clever mix of Irish, bluegrass, pop and country tunes

  • The Wall That Heals

    The Wall That Heals brought 58,286 Vietnam veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice to friends, family members and those who fought by their side Feb. 27 to March 2 at the capitol building in Sacramento, Calif. The wall is a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.

  • Former fire chief recalls famous crash

    From the air traffic control tower March 3, 93-year-old Robert Dittmer marveled at the transformation Travis Air Force Base has undergone in the last 60 years since he first paved the original runway. "The base has grown so much," Dittmer said. "Everything is new and modern."Dittmer's family lineage

  • Scrubs to flight suit: Major changes gear

    As far back as he can remember, Maj. Christopher Bates wanted to fly. Whether it was the single-engine Cessna his family flew around its small Kansas town that served as his inspiration or the 26 years his father served as a fighter pilot in the F-4 Phantom, all Bates knew was that he was meant to

  • Godspeed: Travis chaplain finds way in life, service

    As a young boy, all Chaplain Dallas Little ever wanted to be was a Soldier or detective. Becoming a pastor was the last thing on his mind."I remember as a little kid, sitting in a pew, enjoying the church, the stained glass windows and the hymns sung by the choir. But when the big guy stood up and

  • A half-century of maintenance

    For Russell "Russ" Seaver, 60th Maintenance Squadron Transient Alert aircraft servicer, work on the flightline was another day being around one of his favorite things - airplanes.Russ retired from active duty in 1976 as a technical sergeant with 22 years as an aircraft maintainer in the Air Force.

  • AFAF campaign begins March 3

    The annual Air Force Assistance Fund is scheduled to begin at Travis Air Force Base March 3 and run through April 11.The AFAF is an annual campaign that raises money for four charities that directly support active duty, Reserve, Guard and retired Airmen and their dependents. These charities include