• AF surgeon general: Travis has top hospital

    The 60th Medical Group's David Grant USAF Medical Center recently earned the 2012 Air Force Surgeon General Award for Best Hospital of the Year. The Air Force Surgeon General Award for Best Hospital is presented annually to the active-duty hospital or clinic that has accomplished or made significant

  • 18th Air Force honors Airman

    One of Travis' very own Airmen was recognized Feb. 22 for unwavering dedication to the mission and exemplifying the Air Force culture of excellence.Tech. Sgt. Jose Ramon Jr., 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flightline expediter, was recognized by Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, 18th Air Force commander,

  • Travis cuts non-mission critical expenses

    As part of an Air Force-wide response to help prepare for fiscal year 2013 budget uncertainties, Travis has been directed by senior leadership to follow a force-wide temporary hiring freeze and limit non-mission critical expenses. Non-mission critical expenses include supporting flying missions not

  • January is Customer Appreciation Month

    January 14 is the start date for Customer Appreciation Month. The 60th Force Support Squadron will thank its customers by offering $1,000 in prizes for 18 days. The squadron is responsible for more than 22 retail and childcare facilities at Travis and 12 are participating with featured deals,

  • Travis wins LeMay Award

    In November 2012, Maj. Elizabeth Eychner, 60th Force Support Squadron commander, was informed that her squadron was chosen, for the second year in a row, as the Air Mobility Wing Curtis E. Lemay winners. This award is given to the best FSS in the command. Now the squadron has its sights set on the

  • Airman awarded Purple Heart

    Senior Airman Kevin Bolton, 573rd Global Support Squadron air transportation specialist, was awarded the Purple Heart Wednesday at the Base Theater at Travis. In February 2012, while assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, Bolton deployed as part of a 10-person team to Forward Operating Base

  • AE mission soars through Pacific in KC-10

    Crews and aircraft from several Air Force units arrived here from Travis AFB, Calif., Dec. 2, during one of three "proof of principle" missions evaluating the KC-10 Extender's capability to support combined cargo and aeromedical evacuation missions throughout the Pacific. The missions are part of an

  • Electronic beacons track pallets

    They can be seen everywhere a service member travels. They can have a month's worth of water stored on them in Afghanistan or form the walls of a shack in Haiti. They have been used to transport thousands of vehicles in the Department of Defense or just reutilized as makeshift flooring for a tent on

  • Travis residents make the ‘Switch 4 Good’

    Some Travis residents now have the opportunity to participate in an energy use study that could reduce overall consumption. Balfour Beatty Communities in association with WattzOn, a California-based energy efficiency company, will conduct a study of families in the Onziuka Flats North area as part

  • Travis moves Army Soldiers

    Roughly 550 Soldiers from the 1-294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard travelled through Travis on their way back to Guam Wednesday. They spent the last few weeks at Camp Roberts, California performing critical pre-mobilization training before travelling here via bus."We are in the