AF Ball to be Travis' largest

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  • By Senior Airman Charles Rivezzo
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  Tearing a page from each chapter of Air Force history was the goal of this year's Air Force Ball planning committee in an effort to celebrate the service's 67th birthday. In doing so, the committee also sold more than 670 tickets to tonight's event - making this the largest Ball in Travis history.

"This year's Air Force Ball will not be the typical banquet style you may have seen in the past," said Master Sgt. Joseph Bogdan, the chairman of the Air Force Ball planning committee. "Instead of a sit down dinner, the event will be a huge social party celebrating 67 years of Air Force excellence."

According to Bogdan, the event's footprint will encompass the entire Delta Breeze Club, to include the patio areas, and will feature three distinct eras of Air Force history.

"The officer side of the club will feature the World War II era, Wingman's will feature the Vietnam era, and the main ball room will capture the first Gulf War, Global War on Terrorism and present contingency operations," he said.

For this year's record-setting Ball, no detail was spared by the planning committee.

"In conjunction with the themed rooms, the food will come in the form of heavy hor d'oeuvres specific to the area of the world we impacted during that era and the music will also capture the different themes, with music from the 40s, 60s to 70s and 90s to present," Bogdan said.

The chairman also added that, a live DJ and live band will be under one roof as well.

Furthermore, door prizes will come in the form of hotel stays, cruises, Smart TVs, latest generation of video game consoles and more.

"Our planning team was absolutely a dream come true," he said. "We had a diverse team of Airmen from all over the base. When looking at our committee I realized we could not only take on a massive undertaking like this ball, but could also build, power, secure, supply, feed, provide medical care, take care of personnel issues and even maintain and control aircraft. Our biggest success was the synergy this group was able to attain."