• Tree festival and auction kick off holiday season

    The sixth Annual Travis Fisher House Holiday Tree Festival and Auction, sponsored by members of the 60th Maintenance Operations Squadron and the 349th Maintenance Operations Flight is 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 29 in the atrium of Bldg. 31. The Travis Fisher House provides quarters for family members of

  • 60th CES wins best in AMC

    Travis' 60th Civil Engineer Squadron won best Civil Engineer Squadron in Air Mobility Command when the awards were announced Nov. 2. Travis competed against all other bases in AMC to win the award for fiscal year 2007. In order to win the award, the squadron was judged on several main factors, said

  • DGMC achieves milestone with new medical implant

    Sedated but alert, retired Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Richard Pink is lying on his back in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at David Grant USAF Medical Center, watching an image of his own beating heart on a computer screen. Around him, a cardiac catheterization team is busy conducting

  • 615th CRW to host Contingency Response Commander's Conference

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing will host the Contingency Response Commander's Conference from Dec. 3 through 6 at Travis. "This will be a perfect opportunity for contingency response group leaders from around the world to come together at one place to discuss the best practices and help pave

  • Travis Airman awarded William P. Parenteau Memorial Award

    A captain from the 15th Air Mobility Operations Squadron was recently selected as the William A. Parenteau Memorial Award recipient for 2007. Capt. Jefferson DeBerry was presented the award during a ceremony in Washington D.C., Oct. 30. The award is given by the Air Traffic Control Association to an

  • Travis Airmen get hands-on look at surface-to-air threat

    Members of Team Travis had a chance last week to learn first hand about some of the most dangerous and prevalent threats to mobility aircraft around the world at a demonstration organized by the 60th Operations Support Squadron. The demonstration allowed more than 200 personnel to operate simulated

  • Travis Airmen participate in Veterans' Day parade

    The crowd stood on its feet and cheered as Team Travis Airmen joined with members of the City of Fairfield, Calif., to honor military members past and present during the city's seventh annual Veterans Day Parade Sunday. Col. Lee Payne, 60th Medical Group commander, served as one of four parade grand

  • Private company now manages Travis housing

    The often rumored privatization of Travis family housing has taken a giant step with the selection of a private company to assume management of the Travis housing assets. The new company is GMH Military Housing that manages more than 27,000 Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force privatized units

  • New security forces facility streamlines warfighter's training

    Looking to improve base security, base customers quality of life and quality of work, members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron began using their new combat arms training maintenance facility and armory Oct. 2. The $3.2 million building consolidates the CATM classroom and the armory, which were