• Chief reaches 10,000 hours

    May 22 was a momentous day for a few Travis members. Among them was Chief Master Sgt. Luis Drummond, 60th Operations Group superintendent, who reached 10,000 hours as a boom operator, refueling a F-35 Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and KC-10 Extender."It's hard to put it to words," Drummond

  • Travis Brass exhibits musical diversity

    In a memorandum released on Oct. 14, 2011, Air Force senior leadership said, "Diversity aggregates our strengths, perspectives, and capabilities in a way that transcends individual contributions." Diversity is as vital to military bands as it is for the Air Force as a whole, specifically the Travis

  • Travis hosts Gold Star Ruck March

    Hundreds of Airmen and their families banded together to participate in the third annual Gold Star Family Ruck March in honor of fallen service members and their families here May 18. The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the base and its community about Gold Star Moms and their

  • Right on target

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron hosted the M9 pistol and M16A2 rifle Excellence in Competition shooting match May 17 at the combat arms shooting range to coincide with Police Week. The competition takes place every year around the middle of May and anybody on Travis can compete."We have this

  • Weekend marks arrival of Critical Days

    From Memorial Day through Labor Day, many of us will enjoy summer picnics, recreational water activities and long vacation drives. For more than 30 years, the Air Force has recognized these as the Critical Days of Summer. For many who have been around a few years, we remember it as the 101 Critical

  • Base mobilizes during finance week

    Military Saves Week is a financial readiness initiative endorsed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and implemented by installations across the Air Force. The intent of the annual campaign is to improve readiness of Airmen, families and, ultimately, the mission through proactive and

  • Just Plane Preservation program lands at Travis

    There is a lot of history at Travis. From the critical role of ferrying aircraft to the Pacific Theater in World War II, to bringing home prisoners of war from the Vietnam War, the base has seen it all. Even more recent events like Operation Pacific Passage or the Hurricane Sandy relief may go down

  • Maintainers establish Travis recycling record

    Airmen from the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron blew their opposition out of the water during last month's base-wide recycling competition, recycling more than 5,700 pounds of reusable products.The team, known as the Dumpster Divers, raised more than $3,300 which goes toward their booster club to

  • Travis captures award for food

    Travis recently won an Air Force Hennessy Award for Excellence in Air Force Food Service in food transformation.Travis was one of six test bases under the new Air Force Food Transformation Initiative that launched in October 2010. The goal of the program was to better serve the dining needs for

  • New working dog facility opens

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the grand opening of the new military working dog facility Monday. Members of Travis and local law enforcement agencies gathered for the unveiling."We are gathered here not only to celebrate the opening of our new facility but