News

10 Sep 2020
2019 AF Distinguished Credit Union Award Presentation
The Travis Credit Union earned the Air Force Distinguished Credit Union Award in recognition of the achievements they made over the course of a year.
3 Sep 2020
Leadership Rounds: 60th Maintenance Squadron
The Leadership Rounds program provides 60th AMW leadership an opportunity to interact with Airmen and get a detailed view of each mission performed at Travis AFB.
2 Sep 2020
AMC leadership visits Travis, nurtures innovation
The Air Mobility Command commander and command chief visited Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 30 through Sept. 2.
29 Aug 2020
60th SFS safely, securely evacuates Team Travis families
As a red sun shrouded in smoke began to disappear for the day, Aug. 19, a noise that sounded like a toddler mashing a bunch of numbers on a phone echoed across Travis Air Force Base. The sound rang out from the base’s loudspeaker warning system, the giant voice, and was the attention-grabbing noise the speaker makes before and after broadcasting important messages. This evening’s message: evacuate the base.
28 Aug 2020
Wildfire forces DGMC to evacuate patients
Members of the 60th MDS were part of a team that evacuated 20 patients from David Grant USAF Medical Center Aug. 19, after the 60th Air Mobility Wing commander issued an evacuation order for Travis AFB in response to a wildfire nearing the installation.
28 Aug 2020
Travis family, goats escape Northern California wildfire
In the early morning hours of Aug. 19, it was quiet in Vacaville. In the rural neighborhood of Cherry Glen Rd., ash, as though snow, gently fell along the soft breeze that offered little reprieve from the heat, which had climbed into triple digits the previous week.
28 Aug 2020
Travis Airmen deliver COVID aid to Indonesia
A C-17 Globemaster III manned by an aircrew from the 21st Airlift Squadron departed Travis Air Force Base Aug. 28, venturing on a four-day mission to deliver 500 ventilators to Jakarta, Indonesia.
28 Aug 2020
Annual ruck march to honor the fallen, support gold star families goes virtual
With every step, they support gold star families, a group nobody ever asks to join. As they march, they carry photos of fallen service members and rucksacks weighing between 10 and 30 pounds on their backs. Their journey is one of remembrance.
26 Aug 2020
Team Travis expedites aircraft evacuation in midst of fire emergency
As the LNU Lightning Complex Fire encroached on communities near Travis Air Force Base Aug. 19, units across the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wings here, rallied to evacuate the base’s fleet of C-17 Globemaster III, C-5M Super Galaxy and KC-10 Extender aircraft to safeguard them against the impending danger of the fire.
24 Aug 2020
The 433rd Airlift Wing welcomes Travis aircraft during California wildfires
In the late evening hours of Aug. 19, the Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, notified the 433rd Airlift Wing command post here that eight C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, would be evacuating to the airfield here as a precaution against damage from the LNU Lightning Complex fires in Northern California.