• Travis breaks ground on hangar for incoming KC-46A Pegasus

    Leadership from Travis Air Force Base as well as civic leaders from the local community broke ground on a three-bay hangar for the incoming KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, Dec. 14. The three-bay hangar is the first and largest of several construction projects set to begin over the next few years in

  • Travis AFB updates on-base drone policy

    Per policy from the office of the Secretary of Defense, recreational use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or sUAS, is banned on Travis Air Force Base, California, effective immediately.

  • C-5M pushes into new territory with night-vision goggles

    The C-5M Super Galaxy took a step forward with its night-vision goggle capabilities during last month’s Cerberus Strike exercise.An aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, made one low approach and two touch-and-gos just after midnight May 4 at Amedee Army Airfield, California, using the

  • Travis using farm animals to control invasive plants

    With a b-l-e-e-e-a-t here and baaaaaa there, more than 300 sheep and about a dozen goats arrived at Travis Air Force Base, California, to begin grazing duties in the Castle Terrace Preserve area that serves as a habitat for federally listed endangered species.

  • Team Travis participates in blood drive, helps local community

    Travis Air Force Base, California, hosted a community blood drive April 27 at the Travis Fitness Center in support of Blood Centers of the Pacific.BCP, a nonprofit, community-based organization, provides blood and blood components to hospitals, physicians and patients throughout Northern California.

  • 21st Airlift Squadron hosts first C-17 Squadron Commander’s Conference

    The 21st Airlift Squadron hosted the first C-17 Squadron Commander’s Conference for Air Mobility Command and the Mobility Air Forces at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 2-4.Eighteen Airmen from seven bases across three major commands partnered to share best practices and discuss topics in

  • DGMC outpatient pharmacy strives for continual improvement

    On any given day, David Grant USAF Medical Center’s outpatient pharmacy bustles with a constant hum of barcode-scanning beeps, pills rattling in their bottles and storage bins with patients’ prescriptions hitting counters. Those sounds are the outpatient pharmacy staff filling more than 1,000

  • The Justice Files: April

    During the month of April, seven Airmen received final review of nonjudicial punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice and eight Airmen were involuntarily separated. The following are tools used by commanders as a means of punishment, rehabilitation, and maintaining unit good