• APS teams up with highway patrol

    Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron teamed up with the California Highway Patrol for a joint exercise for the first time here Nov. 13 and 14. Exercise Golden Guardian was designed to test the ability of Team Travis, to process, load and fly the members of the CHP and their equipment to an area

  • Rising 6 exemplifies team pride

    Formed as a private organization designed to promote professional development, welfare, and morale of junior enlisted members and encouraging an attitude of unified purpose, the Rising 6 represents all junior enlisted rank Airmen from E-1 through E-6 assigned to Travis. The council leadership and

  • APS helps deliver goods to Afghanistan

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron recently shipped more than 10,000 pounds of donated humanitarian supplies to Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of a Denton Amendment shipment. Trust in Education, a nonprofit organization based in Lafayette, Calif., with the goal of providing assistance to citizens of

  • New leader for 15th EMTF

    The 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force welcomed its newest commander, Brig. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry in a change-of-command ceremony here, Nov. 13. Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott III, 18th Air Force commander, officiated the ceremony and formally transferred command of the task force from Brig. Gen.

  • Giant pumpkins no match for Travis EOD team

    Overseas, Travis Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team members take work with dangerous explosives and render safe Improvised Explosive Devices that put our troops in harms way, but Oct. 31 all their training helped kick off Halloween with a bang. Recently, on a trip to pick out that perfect Halloween

  • Native Americans honored at luncheon

    At a ceremony, highlighted by a former Navajo code talker, members of Team Travis began the month long celebration honoring Native American heritage, here Nov 3. "Native American Heritage Month is not only a time for us to celebrate the diversity of our nation's armed forces, but also a time for us

  • Travis family experiences grandfathers continuing legacy

    Several descendents of the base's namesake toured Travis Air Force Base Nov. 4 ahead of the arrival of the installation's new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Members of the 21st Airlift Squadron helped guide the tour, which made stops at the field where Brig. Gen. Robert Travis perished in a 1950

  • Wing hosts first SWAT challenge

    Members of Team Travis got the opportunity to challenge one another in the wing's first Special Weapons and Tactics challenge Oct. 30. The Travis Air Force Base Emergency Services Team conducted the demanding event for 11, eight-member teams, testing their strength and endurance through a Humvee