• Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Lori Gonzalez

    Squadron: 21st Airlift Squadron Duty Title: Aviation Resource Management Years in service: Six Hometown: Stockton, Calif. Goals: "To pursue another career in the medical field and raise my children." Greatest achievement: "Being a wife and mother." "Staff Sgt. Lori Gonzalez has performed

  • 9th ARS wins Evans Trophy

    The 9th Air Refueling Squadron boom operators took the title of the "Top Boom Operators in Air Mobility Command" when they were awarded the Senior Master Sgt. Albert L. Evans Trophy May 14. Maj. Gen. Fred Roggero, AMC Air, Space and Information Operations director, and Sergeant Evans' daughters,

  • Travis to offer sport bike safety course

    The sound of someone's horn and red taillights are all that can be seen and heard as rush hour traffic hits. An impatient driver hurries to get home after a long day at work, weaving in and out of traffic, runs a red light and collides with a car he didn't see coming. It is this kind of mishap the

  • Warrior of the Week: Airman Eric Gonzalez

    Squadron: 60th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Duty Title: Aerospace Medicine Services Apprentice Years in service: One Hometown: Long Beach, N. Y. Goals: "Complete my career development course and score 90 percent or above on the end-of-course test, obtain my 5-level and pursue a bachelor's degree."

  • Homeruns support everyone

    Ten teams, two days, double elimination. In the end, Team Travis was the winner. The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1320 sponsored a preseason softball tournament Saturday to raise money for continued support of Team Travis' Airmen and local organizations including Fisher House, the Red

  • ATA hosts mobility forum

    The Golden Bear chapter of the Airlift/Tanker Association hosted a mobility forum at the Base Theater May 11 to give members of Team Travis a chance to spend time with the heroes of air mobility and hear them speak about their career experiences. The theme of the event was "A Day with Our Mobility

  • Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Jaime Guzman

    Squadron: 60th Aerial Port SquadronDuty Title: Information Controller Years in service: Nine years Hometown: Porterville, Calif. Goals: "To be the best mentor/supervisor I can to the younger Airmen while excelling in the Air Force and earning my 4-year degree." Greatest Achievement: "I accomplished

  • World War II pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross

    Art Cader (former Army Air Corps 1st Lt.) received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions he took almost 63 years ago, during a ceremony at the Travis Air Museum Monday. Mr. Cader earned the medal for his heroism during a bombing mission he was part of Sept. 30, 1944, during World War II. The

  • Travis begins AEF rotations

    With their mobility records in hand and their airplane pillow fluffed and ready for the long journey, more than 60 Team Travis members bid farewell to family and friends at the Travis Passenger Terminal before departing on their deployments May 5. "I'm going to miss her," said Jay Peaveley, husband