• Travis celebrates Kids Day of Fishing

    The annual Kids Day of Fishing Derby is now scheduled for Saturday, May 19 at 8 a.m. with check-in beginning at 7:30am. Travis has hosted this event for the past five years. This year's event will take place at a pond located at Cypress Lakes Golf Course, unlike previous years which were at the Duck

  • Mom’s Special Brunch at Travis

    Moms love brunch and the Delta Breeze Club loves Mom. Poached eggs, crispy bacon and beverages - these are just a few of the items that the DBC is preparing for Travis moms on Mother's Day Sunday. Celebrating Mother's Day with brunch is not new to Travis. However, this year Chef Jacob Knutte, 60th

  • Travis prepares for Critical Days of Summer

     The Critical Days of Summer campaign begins May 25 for the Memorial Day weekend and ends after Labor Day weekend. Travis leadership's goal is to heighten activity awareness so each Airman will make their safety a personal choice. The theme this year is "Safety - It's Personal." On May 18, members

  • Last C-5 Galaxy receives AMP at Travis

    A 1970 C-5A Galaxy was the last C-5A to be converted from a "legacy" C-5 to an Avionics Modernization Program C-5 in the Air Force and was completed at Travis Sunday. Since June 2005, 38 C-5 A/B aircraft were modified at Travis by the Lockheed Martin contract field team as part of a two-phased

  • Travis opens fuel site

    Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, was joined by Army Col. Bill Keyes, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas commander, and Jim Kehlet, Kinder-Morgan Business Development West vice president, to cut the ribbon on the new Kinder-Morgan fuel tank site Tuesday on Travis. The $50

  • Warrior Week sharpens skills

    Approximately 350 Travis Airmen displayed their capabilities in attack response while maintaining mission flow April 16 through 20 during Warrior Week at Travis.Warrior Weeks are intended to have Airmen in their units conduct the required Ability to Survive and Operate training as well as deployed

  • Law Day -- No courts, no justice, no freedom

    Travis Air Force Base celebrates Law Day Tuesday. Law Day is an annual event originally envisioned as a special national day to mark our commitment to the rule of law. President Dwight Eisenhower established the first Law Day in 1958. Law Day was made official in 1961 when Congress issued a joint

  • DGMC to host prescription take back

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron with assistance from 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy staff at David Grant USAF Medical Center are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency to host the National Take Back Initiative from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Base Exchange pharmacy

  • Travis captain takes part in cycling challenge

    Capt. Jason Peterson is representing Travis Air Force Base in the Sea Otter Classic cycling competition in Monterey as part of the U.S. Military Elite Cycling Team.The event began Thursday and continues through Sunday.The U.S. Military Elite Cycling team is comprised of eight athletes that span the

  • Early retirement offered to select enlisted Airmen

    Air Force officials announced an application window for targeted early retirements for enlisted Airmen. Eligible Airmen will have 15-19 years of service in fiscal 2012 and be in the grades of staff sergeant through master sergeant in overmanned career fields.The Temporary Early Retirement Authority