• 615th CRW works with Army during exercise

    The phrase, "load em up and move em out," sums up the rapid deployment exercise Soldiers conducted with Airmen last week at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Soldiers and equipment from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort

  • Air Force passenger flies for peanuts

    Transporting thousands of pounds of cargo and countless passengers are a regular part of the Air Force's daily mission. However, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and Travis Air Force Base, Calif., recently got the chance to take part in the transport of a very unique traveler; arguably their

  • 60th CES launches new, improved CBRNE class

    The 60th Civil Engineer Squadron's Emergency Management flight recently instituted new and improved changes to their Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosives Defense Survival Skills training course to help enhance and standardize CBRNE training throughout the Air Force. "By

  • "There are no bounds:" Travis competes for CINC Installation Excellence Award

    Team Travis was notified last week that it was an Air Mobility Command finalist for the fiscal 2007 Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence and will be inspected Oct. 31 to determine if Travis will move on to the Air Force competition. The award which is designed to recognize

  • 615th CRW earns "Excellent" on first ORI

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing earned an overall "Excellent" rating, and an "Excellent" grade in each of the four major sub-areas, in their first Operational Readiness Inspection, which began at Travis Oct. 8 and ended at Gulfport, Miss. Oct. 18. The ORI was designed to test the 615th CRW's

  • Seminar offers helpful information to new parents

    Parents anticipating a visit from the stork can pick up a different kind of bundle of joy next week at the Airman and Family Readiness Center. Bundles 'n' Books, a seminar for single parents or couples expecting babies, will be held Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the AFRC. The bundle

  • 60th SFS to commence Operation Pumpkin

    As the nights grow longer, Team Travis members should beware the coming of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, monster and zombies. These creatures, said to be cloaked and denizens of the night, will soon roam the streets of Travis fearlessly, many referring to the coming of "All Hallow's Eve." Such disguised

  • 349th AMW welcomes new command chief

    "Finally reached that goal!" This was Chief Master Sgt. Christine Taylor's first thought when she heard she had been selected as the 349th Air Mobility Wing command chief. She has always known what she wanted to do and becoming command chief was at the top of her list of life goals. "Being selected