• Travis-based call center adds Andrews to rotation

    Travis' newly renamed United States Air Force Telephone Operator Consolidated Call Center-West added its 17th installation, Joint Base Andrews, Md., Dec. 5 to the roster of locations for which it provides base operator services.Andrews marks the center's third different major command for which its

  • Softball team takes fourth in Las Vegas

    An adult varsity softball team comprised of members of the Travis community took fourth place in a two-day tournament held Saturday and Sunday at Big League Dreams Sports Parks in Las Vegas.Travis' Aftershock went 3-3 overall during All World Sports' Military Las Vegas Worlds tournament, squaring

  • DGMC receives on-site review

    David Grant USAF Medical Center was notified Nov. 26 that the Joint Commission will conduct an unannounced accreditation survey. The week-long inspection period started Monday and ended Thursday afternoon. The results of the Commission's out brief will appear in the Jan. 3 Tailwind.Approximately

  • Toy drive gives boost to junior enlisted

    The annex of the First Street Chapel was turned into a miniature Toyland as the Christmas spirit arrived a little early for Travis children this week. Operation Homefront, a national non-profit organization brought their 2013 Holiday Toy Drive program to Travis Tuesday afternoon, distributing toys

  • Study to investigate ear sound

    Ricky worries that the noises in his head will give him a nervous breakdown. Ann's noises make it difficult to concentrate on anything. Rob reports the ringing he constantly hears makes him more irritable with his family and friends.Ricky, Ann and Rob's experiences with tinnitus are not uncommon. An

  • Mobile communications backbone comes to end

    It's the end of an era for the 60th Communications Squadron and a former Air Force master sergeant as all land mobile radio users switch to a new system the week of Dec. 9. Travis has received $3.6 million in funding to upgrade its Trunked Land Mobile Radio System and add a second site, known as

  • 15th AMOS provides typhoon relief

    On Nov. 8, Typhoon Haiyan made land fall in the Tacloban region of the Philippines, bringing with it winds more than 200 mph and tsunami level waves. Eyewitnesses reported the devastation looked as if a F5 tornado tore a path 60 miles wide and left nothing standing. Almost instantaneously US relief

  • Travis, Solano County team up in local exercise

    Travis and Solano County responder agencies collaborated in an active-shooter exercise Nov. 14 in which an individual opened fire during a parent's night at the Sierra Vista Elementary School in Vacaville, Calif. The shooter also detonated a device and left a suspicious substance in the school. The

  • Airmen, Soldiers conduct joint trainng exercise in Sunflower State

    Travis Airmen from the 21st Airlift Squadron and Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan., took part in a Joint Air Force Army Training Nov. 13, at Manhattan Regional Airport in Manhattan, Kan. Working alongside

  • Travis, Solano County team up in local exercise

    Travis and Solano County emergency response agencies collaborated in an active-shooter exercise Nov. 14, in which an individual opened fire during a parent's night at the Sierra Vista Elementary School in Vacaville, Calif. The shooter also detonated a device and left a suspicious substance in the