• Triathlon sparks fitness, strikes back at cancer

    Approximately 60 Golden Bears participated in the Gotta Tri Triathlon hosted by the 60th Force Support Squadron Fitness Center June 28 throughout base.The event started at the Aquatic Center and began with a 500-meter swim. The participants then transitioned from the pool to a 12-mile bike ride that

  • Top AMC DFAC always looks to finish on top

    Air Mobility Command's 2013 Hennessey Award winning dining facility continues to prove why they are one of the best in the Air Force.Much of the success is attributed to the adoption and implementation of the Food Transformation Initiative, which was put into place at the Sierra Inn Dining Facility

  • CRW teaches in Honduras

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently deployed a mobile training team to conduct a five-week engagement with the Fuerza Aérea Hondureña at Héctor Caraccioli Moncada and Soto Cano Air Bases in Honduras. The 571st MSAS was augmented by a Reservist sensor operator from USSOUTHCOM, based

  • Rabies can come from bite, scratch

    With summer months fast approaching and the topic of safety buzzing around base, it is important to remember a key precaution that is often overlooked: rabies prevention. Rabies has been a hot topic in the news this year. To some, however, the disease is still very new. Rabies is a fatal and

  • Travis wings show appreciation for local veterans

    Maybe it was the flapjacks and eggs served by uniformed Airmen. Or perhaps it was the Elvis impersonator belting out '50s tunes. Or perhaps it was just the warm smiles and hugs given to them.Whatever it was, more than 100 veterans and their spouses at the Veterans Home of California in Yountsville

  • Museum to host drive

    The Travis Heritage Center is scheduled to host a Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum Foundation membership drive June 28 at the center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The event will have open aircraft to view, on site foundation board members to answer questions, gift shop availability and a hamburger

  • Travis hosts Books on Bases

    The Blue Star Families returned to Travis for the fourth Books on Bases at the Mitchell Memorial Library June 4. More than 250 children and their families attended that evening for free books, crafts and snacks.Blue Star Families is a nonprofit organization founded by military spouses that is

  • In Alaska, Travis helps firefighters stay safe

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron was called into action May 30 and 31 to help fight the wildfires in Alaska."Seems we are the quick-reaction force for swift logistical movement for constant emergencies worldwide," said John "Buck" Buchanan, 60th APS civilian port operations officer.On May 30 APS

  • CRW aids in Ardent Sentry

    On March 27, 1964 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the Prince William Sound region of Alaska. To this day, the quake is still the second largest ever recorded and was the cause of extensive death, damage and destruction in Alaska. One hundred and thirty-one people lost their lives as a result of

  • Travis opens Fisher House II

    Six months after ceremonial shovels first dug into the ground marking the start of new construction, more than 200 invited guests witnessed the handing over of ceremonial keys during a ribbon-cutting and housewarming to officially open a second, larger Fisher House here May 30. The new facility