• Rising 6 exemplifies team pride

    Formed as a private organization designed to promote professional development, welfare, and morale of junior enlisted members and encouraging an attitude of unified purpose, the Rising 6 represents all junior enlisted rank Airmen from E-1 through E-6 assigned to Travis. The council leadership and

  • APS helps deliver goods to Afghanistan

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron recently shipped more than 10,000 pounds of donated humanitarian supplies to Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of a Denton Amendment shipment. Trust in Education, a nonprofit organization based in Lafayette, Calif., with the goal of providing assistance to citizens of

  • New leader for 15th EMTF

    The 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force welcomed its newest commander, Brig. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry in a change-of-command ceremony here, Nov. 13. Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott III, 18th Air Force commander, officiated the ceremony and formally transferred command of the task force from Brig. Gen.

  • Giant pumpkins no match for Travis EOD team

    Overseas, Travis Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team members take work with dangerous explosives and render safe Improvised Explosive Devices that put our troops in harms way, but Oct. 31 all their training helped kick off Halloween with a bang. Recently, on a trip to pick out that perfect Halloween

  • Native Americans honored at luncheon

    At a ceremony, highlighted by a former Navajo code talker, members of Team Travis began the month long celebration honoring Native American heritage, here Nov 3. "Native American Heritage Month is not only a time for us to celebrate the diversity of our nation's armed forces, but also a time for us

  • Travis family experiences grandfathers continuing legacy

    Several descendents of the base's namesake toured Travis Air Force Base Nov. 4 ahead of the arrival of the installation's new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Members of the 21st Airlift Squadron helped guide the tour, which made stops at the field where Brig. Gen. Robert Travis perished in a 1950

  • Wing hosts first SWAT challenge

    Members of Team Travis got the opportunity to challenge one another in the wing's first Special Weapons and Tactics challenge Oct. 30. The Travis Air Force Base Emergency Services Team conducted the demanding event for 11, eight-member teams, testing their strength and endurance through a Humvee

  • CRW hosts historic ribbon cutting, ground breaking ceremony

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing hosted a combined ribbon cutting and ground breaking ceremony here Nov. 5. The ceremony marked the completion and grand opening of the wing's Global Reach Deployment Center, along with the symbolic ground breaking of the 573rd Global Support Squadron's new

  • The ‘Spirit of Travis’ has landed

    With the family of Brig. Gen. Robert F. Travis looking on, Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, Air Mobility Command commander and Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron, AMC command chief, delivered the 13th and final C-17 Globemaster III, "the Spirit of Travis" here, Nov. 5. "The delivery of our newest Globemaster,

  • Remember when ... Operation Nickel Grass

    The United States Air Force has proven in 61 years that it can move troops, supplies and equipment anywhere in the world when called upon. The Berlin Airlift presented the first airlift challenge to the Air Force in 1948. The service met and overcame that challenge, while preventing a war with the