• Travis trains with multiple bases, services in ACOT

    Travis Airmen, in coordination with Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fairchild Air Force Base, the 621st Contingency Response Group and Navy Carrier Wing 2, completed advanced combat operations training Monday and Tuesday from Travis AFB down the California coast to San Diego. "Essentially ACOT is the 60th

  • Travis opens new dorm

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony and official grand opening of a new dormitory was held here March 25. The $20 million, 51,000 square-foot complex, marks Travis' first "Dorms-4-Airmen" unaccompanied housing initiative. The new living quarters offer suite-style apartments, each with four rooms, housing up

  • KUDOS scheduled to bring mock deployment to Travis youth

    Travis is scheduled to host Kids Understanding Deployment Operations from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., April 12 at building P-1."KUDOS is an integral part of our resiliency efforts here at Travis," said Wesley Yancey, 60th Air Mobility Command community support coordinator. "The impact of deployments on

  • Medical photographer captures new Fisher House progress

    Construction of the new Fisher House II is progressing at an expedient pace since last fall's groundbreaking ceremony. The changes to the landscape surrounding David Grant USAF Medical Center the past few months is being observed not only by patients and daily drivers, but a small, remotely

  • National Nutrition Month: Chef displays healthy cooking

    In support of National Nutrition Month, the David Grant USAF Medical Center nutrition clinic, Balfour Beatty Community Center and the food service chefs collaborated Monday to present the base populace with a cooking demonstration.Mary Valentinsen, a chef at the DGMC dining facility and Air Force

  • MSAS and Guatemalan service members complete joint seminars

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron has completed 25 days of joint seminars with Guatemalan armed forces counterparts at La Aurora air base, Guatemala, March 13.The 571st is one of two Mobility Support Advisory Squadrons within the 621st Contingency Response Wing that supports 12th Air

  • Pieces of flare: Maintainers construct aircraft defense devices

    The 60th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight kicked into high gear March 10 as it started its semiannual flare build. A team of munitions specialists, consisting of active-duty and Reserve personnel, will produce approximately 1,500 flares every day and roughly 6,000 in total during the four-day

  • MSAS air advisers, Guatemala military share tradition

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron has been conducting mobile training team seminars with the Guatemalan military since mid February at La Aurora air base, Guatemala.The MTT focuses its efforts to improve mission support capabilities for counter narcotic operations within the country of

  • Technology powers ID check procedure

    Airmen of the 60th Security Forces Squadron have a new tool in their arsenal to assist with base access and the protection of personnel and resources from those with nefarious intent.Travis began using the Defense Biometric Identification System in 2010. DBIDS is a physical access control system