• DUIs can railroad a career

    Underage drinking and driving while intoxicated is not a "speed bump" in the career of a young Airman, it is the brick wall that may end a career. One servicemember recently learned the consequences of underage drinking and driving while intoxicated. On Aug. 15, an Airman from the 60th Aerial Port

  • Travis stands ready to provide relief

    Travis Airmen remain ready to assist the relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean after the storm made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico Aug. 21. In the case of a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Dean, most of the personnel sent from Travis to the affected region would be from

  • 60th AMW, 615th CRW announce quarterly award winners

    The following Team Travis members were named as 60th Air Mobility Wing's and 615th Contingency Response Wing's second quarter award winners in their respective categories: Airman of the Quarter: Airman 1st Class Drew Coggin, 60th Medical Operations Squadron Senior Airman Natalie Shear, 615th

  • 6th ARS grants local child's wish

    The 6th Air Refueling Squadron granted a local boy's wish by making him a "Pilot for a Day" in the United States Air Force. Mitchell Louie, of San Carlos, Calif., who is battling Gliolastoma Spinal Cancer, got the chance to become a KC-10 Extender pilot Monday as part of the Pilot for a Day program.

  • Power outage to affect base

    A base-wide power outage is scheduled for Aug. 25 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The blackout, which will affect all base housing residents and a number of facilities, is necessary to fix an electrical line that provides power to the base. A number of services will remain open with limited power. The Base

  • Thrift store spruces up appearance

    The sun whispers through the windows. A line of clothes carries the eye from one end of the store to the other. Books, dishes and knick-knacks are neatly arranged on shelves with cardboard signs hanging from nearby walls indicating which section it is. One man inspects a VCR in the store's

  • Air Force announces E-5 selections

    The Air Force has selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant, a 41.33 percent selection rate. Congratulations to the following Team Travis senior airmen who have been selected for promotion to staff sergeant: 6th Air Refueling Squadron Aaron Burk Derek Grant

  • Leisure Travel branches out

    What are three things any business must have in order to be successful? Location, location, location. To better serve their customers, the Leisure Travel Annex branched out to the Base Exchange, next to Baskin Robins. The agency still has an office at the less known location at the Outdoor

  • Travis continues building C-17 infrastructure, other projects

    As lights hang from a line to illuminate one of the building's major hallways, painters spray and coat walls while contractors work to tape cracks in drywall in anticipation of the painters' progress.At least $20 million worth of C-17-related construction projects are in various stages of completion