• Stone inspires cadets, headlines symposium

    Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone served as the keynote speaker at the Air Force Academy's 2016 National Character and Leadership Symposium, inspiring a lively auditorium of Academy cadets Feb. 25.Stone garnered international headlines in August 2015 when he and two friends stopped a terrorist attack on a

  • Bee Liner, officer does 'Big' service for community

    Being a pilot and an executive officer for the 21st Airlift Squadron are just a fraction of Capt. Saj El-Amin's busy week.For the past two years, El-Amin has been a "Big," an adult volunteer in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Bay community.El-Amin first learned about the Big Brothers Big

  • Daughter dazzles with violin

    For Abigail Western, 17, daughter of Col. David Western, 60th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate, the challenges of life as a military dependent have helped her foster a positive outlook on the challenges of becoming a rising violinist.On Feb 6, Abigail Western played for the Napa Valley Youth

  • A/TA's quarterly meeting visits base

    The Airlift/Tanker Association national board of officers conducted its quarterly meeting Feb. 18 and 19 at Travis Air Force Base, California, to discuss the upcoming year.During the visit, board members and advisers met with Travis military leaders, engaged with base Airmen, and interacted with

  • Bee Liners represent at Green Flag

    Two crews from the 21st Airlift Squadron and a team of maintainers from the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron recently returned from a two-week mission supporting Green Flag-Little Rock. The mission was a joint training exercise between the Air Force, Army and Canadian air force.The exercise took

  • Air Force band plans three-state road trip by bus

    While the Band of the Golden West may represent the United States Air Force, its concert band is hitting the road for a three-state road trip in March.That sounds like a euphemism, but the ensemble of nearly 50 members plans to travel by bus to Nevada, Arizona and California for 11 performances in a

  • Readiness tested during exercise Crisis Look

    Members of all three wings at Travis Air Force Base, California, participated in exercise Crisis Look 16-01 from Feb. 1 to 6 as part of an effort to assess the installation's ability to deploy a large body of personnel on short notice.Crisis Look was designed to evaluate the level of compliance with

  • Travis tankers provide Super Bowl air coverage

    As part of Operation Noble Eagle, two Travis KC-10 Extenders flew aerial refuel missions Feb. 7 to support flight operations for fighter aircraft conducting patrols of the airspace surrounding Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California.While many are familiar with the iconic flyovers associated with

  • Amedee hosts CRW training

    In terms of communication and flexibility, it is hard to match that of the 821st  Contingency Response Group.From Jan. 20 to 22, a 41-member team displayed its skills while taking part in an exercise that involved opening an airbase and supporting airfield operations at Amedee Army Airfield near