• Month notes need for awareness at wheel

    Driving a vehicle is something millions of Americans do each day, several times a day and sometimes for hours each day. It is a rite of passage into adulthood for many teens, and it is one of the primary modes of transportation in the United States. Since the dawn of the era of automobiles, safety

  • Military Justice Report

    A staff sergeant from the 60th Medical Operations Squadron received an Article 15 for falsifying military orders to terminate a lease. The punishment consisted of a reduction to senior airman and a reprimand.A staff sergeant from the 570th Global Mobility Squadron received an Article 15 for

  • Event helps children understand deployments

    Approximately 290 children, ages 5 to 12, participated in Kids Understanding Deployment Operations April 12 at Travis.KUDOS highlighted what service members experience while processing for deployment and brought the experience to children through various stations. The event began at P-1 with an

  • Area leaders get taste of service with boot camp

    Twenty-eight Travis honorary commanders completed a six-hour boot camp April 3 specifically tailored to integrate the civic leaders into the military culture.The honorary commander program consists of 62 key civic leaders from counties surrounding Travis. Each civic leader is assigned to a wing,

  • ACC demo team brings link to past for air expo

    It's a story of aviation history and heritage, yet no words need to be told. In a single flight, generations are bridged between past and present and a showcase of aerial evolution unfolds before the eyes of thousands of spectators.As part of Air Combat Command's Heritage Flight program, an F-16

  • Travis Airman builds partnership with local orchestra

    Tech. Sgt. Anna Andrew, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West clarinetist performed March 22 with the Solano Symphony at the KROC Center and March 23 at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theater. As the featured soloist, Andrew performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Clarinet Concerto in A

  • Could you be the next AMC Icon?

    Air Mobility Command is searching for the 2014 AMC Icon. All AMC installations will host base-level talent shows in either July or August. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol. Local contestants compete for $1,000 in cash prizes, the top active duty Air

  • ‘Phishing’ exercise increases awareness

    The 60th Communications Squadron Network Operations team recently went on a "phishing" trip. These Grizzlies weren't after salmon swimming upstream, but rather to see how many Golden Bears they would catch with an email sent to all base users with the subject, "Network Latency Fix." During the

  • Tracks of the past

    The railroad tracks laid throughout the base were once the lifeline to what was once known as Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield, which is now known as Travis.These tracks can be seen strewn about the roads and fields off of Ragsdale Road, the backside of the supply Bldg. 549, off of Hangar Avenue and

  • Family Fun Fest sparks awareness

    Travis held a Family Fun Fest Wednesday at the Airman and Family Readiness Center to kick off Month of the Military Child, National Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Autism Awareness Month.The Family Fun Fest was a collaborative event to celebrate and recognize military children.Commanders