• Celebrated career ends

    After being there for so many others on their final flights, it was finally Senior Master Sgt. Sara Galvin's turn.On a cold and -- as is so often the case at Travis -- windy morning, the woman, one of the few career-enlisted female aviators to achieve the rare feat of 10,000 flying hours, enjoyed

  • Fit to fly: Team Travis maintainers take on major C-5C repair

    Team Travis Airmen got more than they bargained for when a small repair on a C-5C Galaxy turned out to be a major undertaking. Back in October of 2009, 60th Maintenance Squadron Airmen discovered a leak during a routine inspection that would require major repairs. The C-5C is a space cargo modified

  • AMC brings urban search and rescue team to Haiti

    A C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., arrived in Haiti Thursday, with urban search and rescue teams for humanitarian relief efforts. On their way to Haiti, the aircrew stopped at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to pick up California Task Force 2. The task force, or CA-TF2,

  • Travis AFB provides airlift support for Haiti humanitarian relief

    A C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., deployed Wednesday in support of humanitarian relief for the recent earthquake in Haiti. The aircrew was alerted at 11:15 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, and within 16 hours, the crew was on the ground in Haiti with support."We were told by the

  • Plans for renewable energy project cancelled

    Travis has cancelled plans to proceed further at this time to solicit ideas for a renewable solar energy project that would have been developed at the 205-acre Cypress Lakes Golf Course. Col. James Vechery, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, announced the decision Dec. 22 after a careful review of

  • Travis' first mass launch a success

    The 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wings at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., conducted the base's first mass launch of nine aircraft Dec. 21.Base officials said the Total Force launch effort was an opportunity for operations, maintenance and support personnel to train together on a larger scale than

  • CE wins AMC General White environmental cleanup award

    Cleaning up the environment while using less energy, saving money and maintaining great community relations earned Travis the Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration Program Award for the Air Mobility Command. The base will now compete for the Air Force level award. "We've got our fingers

  • Berlin Airlift Exhibition to reside at Travis Air Museum

    Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the man known fondly as the "Candy Bomber" for his role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49, cut the ribbon on the Berlin Airlift Exhibit Dec. 10, at the Travis Air Museum.After traveling to 29 different cities, the exhibit now has a permanent home at the museum. Mr. Heinz-Gerd