• Healthy lifestyle keeps heart fit

    February is officially known as “Heart Awareness Month.” According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one killer of people in the world. Heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries — which are the arteries that supply your heart with oxygen rich blood — become clogged

  • Flying ICU reduces fatalities through swift air transport

    Recently, two members of ABC World News Tonight were seriously injured by an improvised explosive device near the town of Taji, Iraq. Anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Don Vogt both suffered critical head trauma injuries. They were transported from the battlefield to more sophisticated medical care

  • Drug users beware

    The Air Force has changed its drug testing policy. Along with the regular random testing, Smart Testing has been implemented to deter young enlisted and officer members in the 18 to 25 age group. According to Maj. Gen. James Roudebush, Deputy Surgeon General, the young Airmen represent the highest

  • Aero club set to relocate off base

    As a result of multiple environmental and safety concerns, Travis has accepted an offer from K. Hovnanian, Forecast Homes’ that will allow the Travis Aero Club an opportunity to start operating out of an off-base location. A gift to the Travis Morale Welfare and Recreation Fund by Forecast Homes’

  • Airman Death

    An Airman from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. died Friday when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area. Senior Airman Alecia S. Good, 23, of Dixon, Calif. was assigned to the 92nd

  • Travis to celebrate C-17 milestone

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing invites local media representatives to attend a special Major Join ceremony March 3 at the Boeing Plant in Long Beach, Calif., for Travis’ first C-17 Globemaster III. The major join, which is when the fuselage of the C-17 is joined with the nose of the aircraft, is a major

  • Travis opens new state-of-the-art lodging facility

    The Westwind Inn, a new lodging facility here, opened for business Feb. 3 and the base will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Feb. 23 to celebrate two and a half years of planning and building. The new, ultra-modern facility features more than 350 rooms, a spa, a business center and a

  • Survival equipment shop works hard to ensure many happy landings

    The work can be repetitive and the hours can seem long, but inevitably all efforts could save lives. The 60th Equipment Maintenance Squadron’s Survival Equipment Shop supplies Travis aircraft with reliable, life rafts, life preservers, anti-exposure suits, emergency escape slides, parachutes,

  • Protocol looking for Airmen

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing protocol office is currently excepting motivated senior airmen through technical sergeants for a one-year assignment. Chosen Airmen will be part of the primary protocol and special projects office for the largest wing in Air Mobility Command. Protocol responsibilities

  • Last active-duty C-5 co-pilot upgrades to first pilot Feb. 3

    The C-5 co-pilot sits in the left seat of the aircraft preparing for his qualification checkride. He reviews his check list one more time before he begins take-off procedures. He knows that his checkride would determine his destiny – whether he is ready to take the left seat and upgrade to the next