• TRICARE payment types for calendar year 2018

    With the Jan. 1, 2018 changes to new stateside regions and contractors, you may need to update your payment option to guarantee continued payment of your TRICARE enrollment fees and monthly premiums.

  • 726th AMS, 60th APS comes together to assist Airman

    “On Monday morning, a little after 8 o’clock in the morning, I received notice from my first sergeant that a family member of one of our troops had been shot in an ongoing active shooter event in Las Vegas, Nevada.,” said Lt. Col. Shannon Caleb, 726th Air Mobility Squadron commander at Spangdahlem

  • Medfly triggers quarantine that includes Travis

    A Mediterranean fruit fly infestation in Solano County has triggered an 85-square mile quarantine that encompasses Travis Air Force Base, California.Since California produces about 50 percent of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables, the state “takes aggressive actions once exotic pest species

  • October is National Energy Action Month

    The October calendar is dotted with more than 100 national awareness campaigns. Some are just fun, such as Self-Promotion Month, Pizza Month, Popcorn Poppin’ Month, Hunting and Fishing Month and National Family Bowling Day and Silly Sayings Day, both on Oct. 13.

  • Travis airlifts generator to assist Hurricane Maria relief efforts

    Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Squadron Aerial Port assisted an aircrew from 22nd Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., in loading a 45,000-pound Federal Aviation Administration power generator bound for Puerto Rico on a C-5M Super Galaxy on Green Ramp here at Pope Army Airfield Sept.

  • Travis to host fire prevention week

    The 60th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services flight at Travis Air Force Base, California, is scheduled to host Fire Prevention Week activities, Oct. 8-14.Travis FES is scheduled to support the campaign through various on-base activities held throughout the week aimed at offering a

  • DGMC ranks in top 10 percent of surgery programs

    Out of 680 hospitals in the nation, David Grant USAF Medical Center is one of 68 to achieve “meritorious” status in the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program for 2016, according to a Sept. 19 ACS announcement.

  • BEEliners bring humanitarian aid to St. Croix

    As U.S. Army and Marine Corps helicopters delivered humanitarian aid throughout St. Croix, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Travis AFB, California, landed Sept. 23, at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, bringing humanitarian aid to residents affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The C-17 crew