• Special needs families share concerns at meeting

    More than 40 Travis families discussed the base's Exceptional Family Member Program with wing and David Grant USAF Medical Center leadership at a town hall meeting here Nov. 6.The Air Force's EFMP serves as a multi-agency approach to manage medical, personnel, education, and other support for Airmen

  • Ground broken on second Fisher House

    More than 200 invited guests, Solano County dignitaries, Travis base leadership, news media, radio personalities and friends of the Travis Fisher House gathered Wednesday to witness history repeat itself. For the second time in two decades, ceremonial shovels dug into the ground to mark the breaking

  • Missile crisis not without tradgedy

    The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962-dramatically documented in the 1974 ABC-TV teleplay "The Missiles of October" and the 2000 motion picture "Thirteen Days"-proved the importance of aerial reconnaissance by the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady and other airborne assets. For 13 days, the United States and the

  • Think ink: Publications serve Travis throughout base's history

    One would assume anyone reading this sentence knows the product you're reading right now is the Tailwind, Travis' base newspaper.What you may not know is its history or its role in delivering information to the Travis base populace throughout the years.The paper is the product of collaboration

  • Markets to begin scanning ID cards

    Commissaries will soon begin scanning customers' Department of Defense ID cards at checkouts as the Defense Commissary Agency continues its pursuit to deliver a 21st century benefit.The commissary at Fort Lee, Va., became the first store to scan ID cards Oct. 22 as the first part of an agency-wide

  • JAG corps announces law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program are accepted from Jan. 1, 2014 through March 1, 2014. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. The number of FLEP and ELP applicants selected in any academic year is determined based on the needs of the Air Force.

  • Diabetes Fair scheduled at Exchange

    David Grant USAF Medical Center will host a Diabetes Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Exchange pharmacy as part of Diabetes Education Month to showcase how diabetes education is always readily available to our beneficiaries.The big deal about diabetes is that more than 25 million people are

  • Shoplifting at Exchange can ruin career

    A young, up-and-coming Airman stops by the Travis Exchange to pick up his weekly necessities. While browsing through the store, he stops to admire the assortment of wallets. With money tight, he decides to slip one into his pocket while no one else is around. What he may not realize is that the

  • Improving process at core of AFSO21

    When you hear the term AFSO21 what comes to mind? A secret, tucked-away facility? Or maybe a new type of aircraft that has yet to take to the sky?Contrary to these fantasy interpretations, Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, better known as AFSO21, is a program the Air Force implemented

  • Race riots shape Travis' history

    While race relations on base may not be as strong of an issue as they were during the Vietnam War, it was because of the Race Riots here that the Equal Opportunity office was created. In extreme cases, these problems can proliferate outside the individual workplace and harm an entire base. The race