• Rod, gun club is hidden surprise

    The Travis Rod and Gun Club is probably one of the best keep secrets on base. It is a volunteer organization that is almost strictly self sufficient."We are a volunteer organization strictly to support shooting safety." said retired Chief Master Sgt. Andy Popenoe, club president and volunteer

  • QC Codes bring museum to modern era

    Tiny, square-shaped, black-and-white codes are bringing Travis' Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum's past into the present.Through the use of quick-response code readers on smartphones, museum guests can now get a better understanding of the facility's displays.Scanning the code at the station for

  • DGMC goes lean

    The incessant chiming of timers beep throughout the Travis Conference Center as part of a simulation of a working hospital.Airmen from David Grant USAF Medical Center, dressed in scrubs to correspond with their duties in the game, bear bewildered looks as they move between stations, part of a ballet

  • Travis Airman awarded Purple Heart

    Senior Airman Jeffrey Rivera, 60th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, was awarded a Purple Heart July 17 during a commander's call in the base theater on Travis. Rivera was deployed to Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan as part of a ten-person team of porters providing all

  • DEFY camp helps kids

    Travis is hosting a Drug Education for Youth summer camp that began June 16 and will end today at the Civil Engineering training area. Timothy Finney, Drug Demand Reduction Program manager, helped plan this five day camp to develop 23 youth in leadership potential while enhancing their ability to

  • Project improves base electrical lines

    City Light and Power, the contractor that maintains the electrical power distribution on base, is embarking on a project that will improve the reliability of the base's vast high voltage electrical distribution system. CLP and Civil Engineer linemen will increase the gap between each phase of the

  • Wounded warrior recieves multiple awards

    Master Sgt. James Davis, currently being treated at David Grant USAF Medical Center for combat injuries, received the Jolly Green Association Rescue of the Year and Breeze Eastern Flight Engineer of the Year awards Tuesday during a 60th Air Mobility Wing commander's call at the theater. On a predawn

  • Base's annual Special Needs Carnival this Friday

    Travis special needs and Exceptional Family Member Program families are invited to the free Special Needs Carnival scheduled from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 20 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center parking lot. The event has a Luau theme with the kids getting leis and hula dance performances, said

  • Travis Bowl enjoys 30 years of work ethic

    The Travis Bowling Center is scheduled to celebrate its 50th anniversary next month. For 29 of those 50 years, the bowling operations have been maintained by one of the best mechanics in the business, Romeo David. David came to Travis from Clark Air Base, the Philippines, in 1983, where he was also

  • Airmen save lives with equipment

    While aircrew members prefer never to have to use life-saving and survival equipment, they are just that - an essential element to the crew's preservation and well-being if the unthinkable happens. Enter the men and women from the 60th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment