• AFSOC CASEVAC: training for "Care under fire"

    The Air Force Special Operations Command Casualty Evacuation course recently graduated five Airmen and one Navy physician from the quarterly course conducted by the Tactical Operations Medical Skills Lab, part of the Special Operations Forces Medical Element, Aug. 13, at Hurlburt Field, Fla.The two

  • Base reflects on Year of the Air Force Family

    Thank you Team Travis, for making the "Year of the AIr Force Family" a resounding success.Here's a recap of this years events: Welcome Home Warrior Celebrations Monthly Hearts Apart Events Created 4 Pillar Tiger Teams 60AMW Family Down Day on 6 Nov. Started Adopt-A-School program

  • Travis Airman supports security, force protection ops at Iraq base

    Senior Airman Ryne Ritchie is a security forces journeyman deployed with the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.Airman Ritchie is deployed from Air Mobility Command's 60th Security Forces Squadron, 60th Air Mobility Wing, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. His

  • 120 Days in the desert, BEEliners officer gives first-hand look at mission

    It's 4:15 a.m.  local time, and the phone rings. "Sir, this is Captain Lambert with your alert ..." Half an hour later, the crew is on a van and headed to the dining facility. After breakfast, we show up to receive our flight information, as well as a tactics and intelligence briefing. We then load

  • Operation Gratitude thanks California warriors of the past who served

    Airmen of the 349th Air Mobility Wing, wearing their brightest smiles, turned out in June to say "thank you for your service" to a special group of Americans.Nestled in the rolling hills of Napa Valley wine country, the scene was the California Veterans Home in Yountville, Calif. For the past eight

  • Scholarships awarded to family housing residents

    Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation recently announced Steven Sigley Jr.,Ha'Ani Artero and Adams Spaulding were awarded $1,000 scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. "We are extremely proud of of our young residents." stated Patrick Hoppaugh, community manager for Balfour Beatty