• 43d AES inactivates from Pope after storied history

    Medical emergencies, natural disasters, transporting wounded patients from the battlefield. Nurses and medical technicians rapidly deploying within 24 hours to move patients, sick or wounded, from disaster sites to adequate medical facilities by aircraft. That is the mission of aeromedical

  • Travis AFB spouse creates face masks for people with disabilities

    Among the emotions people feel after months of stay-at-home orders and wearing face masks in public, one is isolation.That is why Danielle Lee Loera opened a window to a more hopeful perspective. The spouse of a technical sergeant at Travis Air Force Base, California, Loera has designed and

  • Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt William Johnson

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Johnson, 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety, safety journeyman, holds his Warrior of the Week coin and certificate May 26, 2020 at Travis Air Force Base, California. Johnson was the Warrior of the Week from May 24-30. The program recognizes outstanding Airmen who have

  • CRW Airmen aid Reserve medics combatting COVID-19 hotspots

    Two Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing have been supporting the Department of Defense’s effort to combat COVID-19 since March 2020.Lt. Col. Curt Haase and Master Sgt. John Huck from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, have been embedded with the 64th Air Expeditionary Group to

  • 60th Communications Squadron keeps Travis AFB connected amid pandemic

    Ping! A computer alert sounds to notify Airmen in the 60th Communications Squadron cyber maintenance and operations control center of another request. On any given week, the eight-member team fields more than 300 network delay requests for Travis Air Force Base personnel while monitoring the health

  • Innovation keeps frontline medics better protected from COVID-19

    Team Travis Airmen prototyped personal protective equipment April 17 to help base medics safely treat and transport potential coronavirus patients. Members of the 60th Medical Group emergency department at David Grant USAF Medical Center joined forces with the 60th Maintenance and the 60th