• Airman finds solace through horses

    The clip-clop of horse hooves fills the air as the heat of the summer sun beats down on the parched California earth. Dust blows with a gentle breeze that does nothing to cool the air, but everything to fill one’s mouth. The lowing of cattle echoes throughout the arena from various herds scattered

  • Military Family Life: The Blakes

    Military life can be stressful and provide numerous challenges to families. For dual military couples, where both spouses serve in the military, finding the right balance between serving the mission and caring for family can be difficult.

  • Exchange offers coupons

    For the third time this year, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is giving Travis Air Force Base, Exchange shoppers an opportunity to help Soldiers, Airmen and military families in need.

  • Travis chapel team best in Air Force

    Being selected as the top in your career field for the Air Force is an amazing accomplishment. Recently, the Chapel Team at Travis AFB won the Charles I. Carpenter award which recognizes the best large chapel team in the AF. The award is named after Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles I. Carpenter, who was

  • The time we saved a life

    As Airmen, we are constantly preparing to be ready for the worst days of our lives. We live by a fit to fight ethos and maintain readiness for the most extreme of emergency situations. Though, sometimes we realize we aren’t just prepared to fight for our lives and remember that we are trained to

  • Building Resiliency: Muslim Airman strengthens spiritual life

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A U.S. Airman assigned to the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, is among the first to be granted a religious accommodation for a shaving waiver based on his Muslim faith after the Air Force released new guidance in 2016 to accommodate individuals with religious

  • Travis celebrates World War II veteran’s 100th birthday

    When Richard “Dick” Marsch took to the skies over southern Europe during World War II in the 1940s, the stakes of his missions varied from lethal to humorous. He retold the stories of some of them, including his 65 combat missions, during an Oct. 29 visit to the 9th Air Refueling Squadron auditorium

  • 49ers meet Airmen, Different uniforms similar goals

    This Veterans Day, 10 Travis Air Force Base Airmen were invited to the home of the San Francisco 49ers, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Nov. 11. The Airmen and their families had the opportunity to view of the 49ers practice. They were able to meet with the players one-on-one and converse with each

  • 60th OG Airmen adavance the mission through GTIMS user conference

    From Nov. 6-8, Airmen from the 60th Operations Group hosted the Graduate Training Integration Management System user conference for Air Mobility Command and the Mobility Air Forces. Nine volunteers from the 60th Operations Group planned, set up and executed the event.

  • JROTC Fall Tour 2018

    Students check out a security forces all-terrain vehicle during a base tour, Nov. 8, 2018, Travis Air Force Base, California. Travis hosted Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from three high schools in Northern Calif. Students learned about various career fields in the U.S. Air Force,