• 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

  • MSAS air advisors complete first Joint Military Seminar in Guatemala

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron concluded its first week of joint military training at La Aurora Air Base, Guatemala, with members of the Guatemalan air force, army, navy and marine corps. The engagement, which began Feb. 15, was designed by Travis air mobility air advisors to build

  • Hero2Hired Mobile Job Store visits Travis

    Travis Air Force Base hosted a special visitor Feb. 12 and 13 when the Hero 2 Hired Mobile Job Store set up at the Base Exchange. A program of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and supported by the National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, the van was here to help Airmen and their