• Travis firefighters set sights on stair climb

    More than 1,900 firefighters from around the world will don 60 pounds of gear, including helmet, protective suit, breathing apparatus and air cylinders, and climb 69 flights of stairs March 6 at the Columbia Center Tower in Seattle, Washington, at 788 feet of vertical elevation. The 1,356 steps will

  • Travis, local law enforcement open new training facility

    Officials from Travis Air Force Base and Solano County law enforcement agencies held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 29 for the newly constructed Emergency Responder Urban Training Site, marking the first tangible Travis project completed as a direct result of the Air Force Community Partnership

  • AMC chief makes stop at Travis

    Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, 60th Air Mobility Command command chief, had the opportunity to visit Travis Air Force Base, California Jan. 21 and 22 for the first time since taking over the command chief spot in December.On Jan. 21, Frey spent the morning in the air with a class of first term

  • Golden years: Host wing hits half-century mark

    The base chapel's 65-year-old bell rang out five distinct times, one for each of the 60th Air Mobility Wing's five decades. With each toll, cause for celebration was paused for a moment - a moment to honor the Airmen who died in service to their country.On Jan. 8, 1966, the 1501st Air Transport Wing

  • Modernized retirement plan to take hold in '18

    The military retirement system received an overhaul as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016.Service members who joined prior to Jan. 1, 2006, will be grandfathered into the current pension system and those who join after the Jan. 1, 2018, date will be enrolled in the new blended

  • Airmen journey into medical field

    When envisioning someone within the military medical profession, your first thought isn't an individual that happens to be a technical expert in air-to-air weapon systems. But that's the type of diversity displayed amongst the ranks of the Air Force's physician assistant community. While certainly

  • Are you prepared for storm season?

    It's 2 a.m. and something loud awakens you. Your first thought is "it's a break-in." You roll over to the side of the bed, dangle a foot and try and locate your slippers. Your toes touch something very cold and very wet. "Oh, no," you think.  "The toilet overflowed."That can't be it. You don't hear