• Follow me: Transient alert team helps aircraft in transit

    Travis Air Force Base, known as the Gateway to the Pacific, prominently supports the Air Force mission with rapid global mobility and contingency response for crisis situations around the world.Travis also plays a role in many national and international missions from a variety of organizations,

  • Flightline maintainers place safety as top priority

    In today's Air Force, keeping planes in the air takes around-the-clock dedication from the Airmen who maintain the aircraft. To ensure the mission continues, there is a team within the 60th Maintenance Group who monitors and protects the base so our Airmen and aircraft return home safely every day.

  • Travis AFSA helps homeless vets

    The Travis chapter of the Air Force Sergeants Association donated more than $500 in appliances and supplies to a local homeless shelter June 5. The group also helped set up the items in a new apartment the shelter designated for homeless veterans."We obtained a list from the shelter with basic

  • Wheel and Tire shop keeps planes rolling

    The 60th Maintenance Squadron is comprised of many different sections. One of those sections is a crucial component to aircraft maintenance - the wheel and tire shop.Tires are essential for all aircraft; they're what it sits on and what it lands on. A blown tire could be catastrophic for any

  • MXG paint saves money, maintains equipment

    From a famous image by Michelangelo to someone with a bucket and some rollers trying to make their home look nice, many different things might come to mind when thinking about painting. What probably does not come to mind is corrosion control and safety, unless you are a member of the 60th

  • Paintball--innovative comprehensive fitness

    Paintball is an exciting game during which teams work together to eliminate other teams by marking them with paint. It's a character-building sport played by men, women and children. Key elements to winning the game include quick thinking, communication and determination; not merely strength, body

  • DGMC greets new leader

    A noticeable hoisting of temperatures brought about seasonal change to the 60th Medical Group following a change-of-command ceremony held Wednesday at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The medics of the Air Force's flagship hospital bade fair winds and following seas to their former commander, known

  • Parade unifies community

    Travis Airmen, family members and the community gathered Saturday in the 55th annual Vacaville Fiesta Days parade in downtown Vacaville to display community support and Travis pride.The Vacaville Fiesta Days event officially began on the same streets in July 1957 as a celebration of Spring,

  • 615th CRW inactivates, transfers command to 621st CRW in New Jersey

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing, headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, ceased its operations as a CRW, ending seven years of mobility excellence during an inactivation ceremony here on May 29. Part of the inactivation ceremony included the transfer of command of the two contingency response

  • Travis AFB seeks developer interest in solar energy opportunity

    The Air Force Real Property Agency and the 60th Air Mobility Wing are hosting an Industry Day on June 5, for parties interested in developing solar power projects on 202 acres of land at Travis AFB, Calif, as part of the Air Force Enhanced Use Lease Program.The event, which will take place at the