• Travis continues building C-17 infrastructure, other projects

    As lights hang from a line to illuminate one of the building's major hallways, painters spray and coat walls while contractors work to tape cracks in drywall in anticipation of the painters' progress.At least $20 million worth of C-17-related construction projects are in various stages of completion

  • Fire Prevention encourages Team Travis to properly discard smoking materials

    With California currently experiencing its worst fire conditions in three decades, the Travis Fire Department would like to remind everyone to be careful around the base. The base has large expanses of natural wild land that is extremely dry. A carelessly thrown cigarette butt or ash flicked from

  • AFOSI to host recruitment day

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 303, is hosting a recruiting day Aug. 31 at 8 a.m., in Bldg. 373. They are seeking motivated personnel who would like to apply to become AFOSI Special Agents. AFOSI has been the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948. The

  • 15th AMOS prepares for combat employment readiness exercise

    The 15th Air Mobility Operations Squadron is gearing up for U.S. Forces Korea's largest annual combined warfighting exercise, Ulchi Focus Lens. UFL began in 1975 and has evolved into the world's largest computerized command and control exercise. This annual training exercise combines forces from all

  • "You just ruined your career"

    How far are you willing to go to end your career? If you were asked to name a violent crime that put's innocent lives in danger, what would be the first thing that came to your mind? Armed robbery of a convenient store? Stealing a vehicle at gunpoint? Selling drugs? You are probably thinking that

  • 60th AMW hosts commander's call

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing commander held four base-wide commander's call Aug. 6 to discuss upcoming base events and issues of concerns. During the event, Col. Steve Arquiette spoke about the base's mission, people, family, community and people. He also thanked Team Travis for all their hard-work.

  • FitFactor encourages youth to exercise

    Youth in the Travis community are going to have to exert a bit of physical effort in order to win the FitFactor program's 2007 grand prize, an iPod Nano. Participating in FitFactor, an exercise program encouraging children from ages 6 to 18 to lead healthy lives and stay in shape, will enter

  • Travis' firefighter team warms up in Fremont

    Team Travis' firefighter team began their quest to win a fourth-straight world championship, competing in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge in Fremont, Calif. Aug. 4 and 5.  "We missed first place in the team relay by one second. On our last event in Seattle, Wash., Senior Airman Joe Almony, a

  • Microchips help owners track pets

    As some pet owners can tell you from experience, sitting and staying are often not two of Rover's strong points. But should he become especially adventurous, now there's a more advanced way to stop him from living up to his name. Implanting microchips used to identify, track and locate pets was made

  • Spouses Newcomer Orientation changes

    The 60th Mission Support Squadron's Airman and Family Readiness Center has a new way of presenting the Spouse's Newcomers Orientation class to newly arrived Travis spouses. The orientation is divided into three separate categories: information fair, personal preparedness briefing and spouse-targeted