• Run remembers late service members

    From Sept. 20 to 22, 13 teams from Travis Air Force Base participated in the second California Run for the Fallen, a 150-mile commemoration run to each individual fallen California service member since 9/11.The run began in Elk Grove and ended at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. At

  • MWD and trainer triumph in final trial

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog unit made history Oct. 4 and 5 when they took first place overall in the Western States Police K-9 Association end of year trial in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., an unprecedented win by any other military unit.The WSPCA sanctions and hosts multiple

  • Month honors disabled citizens

    October is National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month; this year's theme is "Because We Are All Equal to the Task." Recognizing disabilities dates back to 1945 when Congress enacted Public Law 176, this declared the first week of October to be National Employ the Physical Handicapped Week. In

  • Optometry clinc greets new providers

    With the new school year in full swing, it's a good time to get families scheduled for eye exams. Two new eye-care providers, Maj. Ethan Woodbury and Capt. Nicholas Jones, have joined the David Grant USAF Medical Center Optometry clinic and are now seeing patients. In some military eye clinics,

  • 15th AMOS aids in exercise

    The 15th Air Mobility Operations Squadron recently wrapped up another year of successful training and planning by participating in the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises.This annual, computer-assisted simulation exercise is designed to improve the alliance's ability to defend South Korea by sharpening

  • DGMC to partner with Duke for research

    Duke medicine and its Center for Personalized and Precision Medicine have won research funding from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for efforts to explore the use of personalized treatment and prevention strategies in the fight against diabetes and heart disease, two of the most

  • One shot: Guard member uses tintype

    You only get one shot at life. Whether things turn out exactly as you imagined them or they are riddled with flaws, you have no choice but to accept the outcome. This is the message conveyed through the deployed works of Staff Sgt. Ed Drew, California Air National Guard, 129th Rescue Squadron aerial

  • Grenier pilots to protect after surviving 9/11

    As Derek Grenier finished showering in the bathroom of his friend's 34th-floor apartment he felt the floor give and shudder under his feet. It was Sept. 11, 2001, and the coming events would change Derek's life.After feeling the entire structure shake, Grenier continued getting ready for the day,

  • KC-10 crew escorts jets from Japan to Alaska

    Aircrew members from Travis Air Force Base operating the KC-10 Extender partnered in late August with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force to escort six of their F-15 Eagles from Japan to Eielson AFB, Alaska. The JASDF members were participating in RED FLAG-Alaska, an exercise that simulated complex

  • The Flying Tigers

    Fifteen World War II veterans from the 14th Air Service Group and 987th Signal Company also known as the Flying Tigers visited Travis for their last reunion Sept. 5 at the Heritage Center.The 14th Air Service Group was a 250 man unit composed of Chinese-American servicemen. The Group was part of