Special Olympics Torch Run

Eric Silva, a track and field athlete competing in the Special Olympics, runs with police officers from the Fairfield Police Department to deliver “The Flame of Hope” Special Olympics Torch to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 21, 2017. The torch run brings local law enforcement together from Solano County to show their support for the Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Special Olympics Torch Run

Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., pose for a photo with Eric Silva, a track and field athlete competing in the Special Olympics, June 21, 2017. Silva ran with “The Flame of Hope” Special Olympics Torch and presented it to the security forces Airmen during a ceremony at Travis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Special Olympics Torch Run

Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron run with “The Flame of Hope” Special Olympics Torch at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 22, 2017. The defenders are running the torch to the California Department of Corrections prison facility in Vacaville, Calif. The event brings local law enforcement together from Solano County to show their support for the Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Special Olympics Torch Run

Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron deliver “The Flame of Hope” Special Olympics Torch to the California Department of Corrections prison facility in Vacaville, Calif., June 22, 2017. The defenders joined local law enforcement from Solano County to show their support for the Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Special Olympics Torch Run

Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron, California Department of Corrections prison facility in Solano County, and Special Olympics athletes pose for a photo in Vacaville, Calif., June 22, 2017. The defenders ran “The Flame of Hope” Special Olympics Torch from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to the prison. The event brings local law enforcement together from Solano County to show their support for the Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Travis supports Special Olympics torch run

Published June 27, 2017
By Louis Briscese
60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California, supported the Special Olympics torch run at Travis June 21 and 22. A team of security forces Airmen received the torch from the Fairfield Police Department on June 21 and delivered the torch to the California Department of Corrections pison facility in Vacaville, California, after a run through Travis June 22.