• Marine veteran remembers Travis' famous 1950 crash

    Nearly 70 years have passed, but the night of Aug. 5, 1950, is burned in Jerry Sherrill's memory. Sherrill, 11 at the time, was lying in bed and listening to the radio in a trailer on the west side of Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, when he heard – and felt – a loud bang. Whatever it was nearly

  • Changes to Travis AFB Drone Policy

    Travis Air Force Base has updated its small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), or drone, policy per the direction of the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration, banning all private use of sUAS devices on base effective immediately.

  • Travis delivers vital aid to Nicaragua

    Condensation begins to build inside the C-5M Super Galaxy’s cabin. The tropical air enveloping the air frame is hot and dense. The crew members begin to glisten in the afternoon swelter of Managua, Nicaragua.

  • Air Force Surgeon General visits DGMC

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General and Chief Master Sgt. Steve Cum, right, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps Chief visit DGMC.

  • Berlin’s Candy Bomber visits Travis Airmen

    Just last week, the famed Candy Bomber, a 99-year-old war hero, visited Travis Air Force Base in California to share his amazing story with the Airmen and families around the base.As part of his visit, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen visited the 821st Contingency Response Squadron where

  • Hurricane Hunters fly Atmospheric Rivers

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, commonly known as the Hurricane Hunters, are the cornerstone for data gathering efforts within storm environments. When they’re not flying into hurricanes they are providing aerial weather reconnaissance for atmospheric rivers over the Pacific Ocean.

  • Devil Raiders strengthen defense forces in Saudi Arabia

    When it came to deploying scalable forces to reopen an air base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Air Force knew just who to call: Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.