Take this job and love it comes to a close Published Sept. 15, 2011 By Staff Sgt. Patrick Harrower 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In the movies, Air Force jobs always look glamorous. Airmen are shown in flight suits walking toward airplanes or in full service dress in a secret computer room with all the nation's leaders. In reality, there are many jobs in the Air Force that get over looked because they are not so glamorous. Travis Airmen that work the dirtiest, hardest and most labor intensive jobs have been interviewed and featured in the base paper for the past nine months in a series titled "Take this job and love it." The Airmen featured not only excelled at their jobs, but loved them and took great pride in their work. There have been too many jobs highlighted in the series to list here, but they are all equally important. There has been a broad spectrum of careers covered that are critical to keeping Travis operational, from the Airmen who deal with animal control issues around the base to the ones who remove waste from aircraft on the flightline. There were even Airmen featured who keep the base in clean and working order aptly nicknamed the "dirt boys" because of how much work they do that gets them dirty. Many Airmen had jobs that were tied to airpower, but largely unknown about to the rest of the force. Hydraulic maintenance technicians who deal with solvents, corrosive fluids and hydraulic systems were often an afterthought of keeping Travis planes flying, but without them working on all three aircraft, the mission would come to a grinding halt. The wash crew that keeps aircraft clean isn't just doing it for the aesthetic appeal; the dirt and debris they remove allows them to inspect for structural cracks and corrosion. Through the course of the series, it was learned there are many jobs that tie directly to airpower but are not well known or understood. The new series titled "Heavy Metal," will highlight these jobs in future Tailwind publications.