• A/TA's quarterly meeting visits base

    The Airlift/Tanker Association national board of officers conducted its quarterly meeting Feb. 18 and 19 at Travis Air Force Base, California, to discuss the upcoming year.During the visit, board members and advisers met with Travis military leaders, engaged with base Airmen, and interacted with

  • Bee Liners represent at Green Flag

    Two crews from the 21st Airlift Squadron and a team of maintainers from the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron recently returned from a two-week mission supporting Green Flag-Little Rock. The mission was a joint training exercise between the Air Force, Army and Canadian air force.The exercise took

  • Air Force band plans three-state road trip by bus

    While the Band of the Golden West may represent the United States Air Force, its concert band is hitting the road for a three-state road trip in March.That sounds like a euphemism, but the ensemble of nearly 50 members plans to travel by bus to Nevada, Arizona and California for 11 performances in a

  • Readiness tested during exercise Crisis Look

    Members of all three wings at Travis Air Force Base, California, participated in exercise Crisis Look 16-01 from Feb. 1 to 6 as part of an effort to assess the installation's ability to deploy a large body of personnel on short notice.Crisis Look was designed to evaluate the level of compliance with

  • Travis tankers provide Super Bowl air coverage

    As part of Operation Noble Eagle, two Travis KC-10 Extenders flew aerial refuel missions Feb. 7 to support flight operations for fighter aircraft conducting patrols of the airspace surrounding Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California.While many are familiar with the iconic flyovers associated with

  • Amedee hosts CRW training

    In terms of communication and flexibility, it is hard to match that of the 821st  Contingency Response Group.From Jan. 20 to 22, a 41-member team displayed its skills while taking part in an exercise that involved opening an airbase and supporting airfield operations at Amedee Army Airfield near

  • Travis firefighters set sights on stair climb

    More than 1,900 firefighters from around the world will don 60 pounds of gear, including helmet, protective suit, breathing apparatus and air cylinders, and climb 69 flights of stairs March 6 at the Columbia Center Tower in Seattle, Washington, at 788 feet of vertical elevation. The 1,356 steps will

  • Travis, local law enforcement open new training facility

    Officials from Travis Air Force Base and Solano County law enforcement agencies held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 29 for the newly constructed Emergency Responder Urban Training Site, marking the first tangible Travis project completed as a direct result of the Air Force Community Partnership

  • AMC chief makes stop at Travis

    Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, 60th Air Mobility Command command chief, had the opportunity to visit Travis Air Force Base, California Jan. 21 and 22 for the first time since taking over the command chief spot in December.On Jan. 21, Frey spent the morning in the air with a class of first term