• Logistics Airman to mentor future officers

    After struggling to complete high school, she felt she had two choices: join the Air Force community or become part of the homeless community. Now at age 29, Tech Sgt. Lily Pak, 60th Medical Group logistics technician at Travis Air Force Base has been selected to help shape future officers as an Air

  • DGMC treats teen stroke patient with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

    Samantha Pipkin has three goals for 2019: wear high heels to her senior prom, get a driver’s license and shake hands with the principal when she receives her diploma from Paradise High School, Paradise, California. Normally, these actions would be easy for a teenager but they are a reach for Sam,

  • Travis breaks ground on hangar for incoming KC-46A Pegasus

    Leadership from Travis Air Force Base as well as civic leaders from the local community broke ground on a three-bay hangar for the incoming KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, Dec. 14. The three-bay hangar is the first and largest of several construction projects set to begin over the next few years in

  • Super Galaxy: AE’s biggest ally

    During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Forces largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.The goal was to establish the C-5M Super Galaxy as part of the

  • Travis spouse wins Air Force-level award

    For Morgan Noller, change began with a single e-mail. In her inbox was an opportunity to get involved with the Travis Officers’ Spouses Club at Travis Air Force Base, where she and her husband, Capt. Steven Noller, 21st Airlift Squadron pilot, moved in 2015.

  • Guevara and medical center 30 years older

    There probably isn’t a door or square-inch of space that Felix Guevara has not touched inside the 808,000 square-foot David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base during the past 30 years. On weekdays, Guevara begins his shift at 2 a.m. repairing, replacing and repainting sheet rock

  • Travis firefighter earns hockey MVP title

    Staff Sgt. Justin Rico, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services training NCO in charge, wears several hats; he’s a husband, a father, an Airman, a firefighter and now an MVP. The Travis Airman was recognized as the most valuable player in the Armed Services Hockey Association Las Vegas

  • Wishing you a happy, healthy eating season

    With the holidays around the corner, there is bound to be an abundance of delicious foods at parties, family dinners and other gatherings. However, the merriment can quickly change to misery if food makes you or others ill.