• Travis, California firefighters continue battling blaze

    Travis Air Force Base emergency personnel, with assistance from local fire departments, are still responding to a seven-alarm fire on the base that initially started adjacent to the base at approximately 3 p.m. today. At least 80 abandoned housing units have been affected by the fire

  • Travis personnel respond to fire

    Travis Air Force Base emergency personnel, with assistance from local fire departments are responding to a seven-alarm fire nearTravis that started off-base at approximately 4 p.m. today. Approximately 25 abandoned housing units have been affected by the fire. The units affected were already

  • Local and Travis emergency responders battle, extinguish blaze

    Emergency responders from Travis Air Force Base along with several fire departments from the local area battled through the night and into the morning to prevent an eight-alarm blaze from potentially spreading through Travis base housing Aug 16. The fire, that initially started off base at

  • Recycling program at Westwind Inn

    "Going green." By now, most have heard this phrase numerous times and in many cases it describes the environmentally friendly way many people are choosing to live and many companies are following as a way to do business. Recently, Travis' Westwind Inn has taken a big step in this direction by

  • Staff sergeant promotion release goes virtual

    With the increased emphasis on leveraging technology, the Air Force Personnel Center has transitioned to a virtual promotion release. Over the past year there was concern with ensuring all enlisted Airmen are notified of their promotion selection in a timely manner. In order to facilitate this

  • New office provides customer service to base

    Due to numerous changes in personnel since July 1, many have asked the question "What happened to our group command support section?" The recent transition from individual command support sections to the newly consolidated Military Personnel Element is now complete and the MPE is making strong

  • AF announces officer promotions

    60th Air Mobility Wing colonel selects 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutic Squadron Jeffrey Snyder 572nd Global Mobility Squadron James Kott 60th Medical Group lieutenant colonel selects 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutic Squadron David Kuch Trisha Vorachek 60th Medical Operations

  • AAFES sales tabloids bring Travis shoppers great value

    According to a recent study, two-thirds of all Army and Air Force Exchange Service shoppers consult a sales tabloid prior to visiting the Base Exchange. As a result, a great deal of planning and strategizing is put into each weekly issue. The process of creating a weekly publication highlighting the

  • Travis Air Expo 2008

    Team Travis will host their Air Expo 2008 open house August 30-31. The theme for this patriotic show featuring current airpower is "Above All...Celebrating Air Power Over the Golden West." The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial

  • Remember when ... Brig. Gen. Robert Travis

    At six feet two inches tall, Brig. Gen. Robert Falligant Travis was an imposing figure. He was a man that pooled together his resources and expected excellence not only from himself, but also the people that worked for him. While commander of Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base (now Travis AFB), it was