• Base honors late POW, WWII veteran

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base performed full military honors for retired Master Sgt. Robert Foster, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war March 31 during a memorial service at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.Foster died at the age of 92 on March 18 due to

  • Breaking dawn: Travis aims for record books with overnight C-5M flight

    While many in the Travis Air Force Base, California, community slept April 3, one of the base's C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft was scheduled to soar into the record books.The C-5M, lead by a crew of eight Airmen pooled from the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the 349th AMW's 312th AS,

  • Smash Mouth to play at Travis

    San Jose-based pop rock group Smash Mouth will headline a single-day music festival April 17 at Travis Air Force Base, California.The Bear-Powered Music Festival takes place from April 17 at the Travis dorm soccer field area. It is free for all Department of Defense ID cardholders.Additional

  • Chief of safety visits Travis

    Maj. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, Air Force Chief of Safety and Air Force Safety Center commander at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, visited Travis Air Force Base, California, March, 20. Neubauer met with members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety and discussed concerns with current hazards on

  • Eagle Flag exercise brings services together

    The boots of more than 170 Airmen and Soldiers trekked through the grounds of a remote exercise site at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.All that stood before them was a barren field - with mud so dense it would act as a suction cup with each step they took - all while ice and snow

  • Wingman Week focuses on resiliency

    Travis Airmen set aside their daily tasks this week to come together to participate in Wingman Week activities.According to Wes Yancey, 60th Air Mobility Wing community support coordinator, the base switched from Wingman Day to Wingman Week to offer as many opportunities as possible for Airmen to

  • Local youth visit Travis, learn about Air Force mission

    Travis Air Force Base, California, welcomed more than 100 current and former high school students March 10 during the base's Golden Bear Outreach and Recruiting event.The event, now in its third year, provides potential recruits, members of the Air Force Delayed Entry Program and their families with

  • Travis tests radar technology

    Leaders from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Operations Group and 60th Operation Support Squadron met with members of the Federal Aviation Administration and C-Speed, a product development and engineering services company, March 6 at Travis Air Force Base, California, to discuss the progress of the

  • Local religious leaders visit Travis

    More than 40 religious leaders gathered to break bread and share spiritual ideas on Tuesday at Travis Air Force Base, California, during the Clergy Day event, the first held in more than six years.The diverse group included pastors, associate pastors, rabbis, police and fire chaplains from all over

  • 60th Air Mobility Wing welcomes new commander

    Col. Joel Jackson assumed command of the 60th Air Mobility Wing from Col. Corey Martin during the wing's change of command ceremony here Feb. 20.Previously the commander of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jackson now commands the largest wing in Air Mobility Command.