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  • Contingency Response Airmen battle elements at JRTC

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in combat exercise "Decisive Action" Oct. 10 through 22 as part of a Joint Task Force here to prepare for future deployments. Approximately 100 Airmen from the 570th Contingency Response Group, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and

  • Honoring our four legged friends

    They might walk on four legs, but they are Airmen nonetheless. Military working dogs Dakota and Golf were officially retired from duty in a ceremony at the kennel July 10."These wonderful dogs can now have a well-deserved retirement with a loving family," said Maj. Garon Shelton, 92nd Security

  • AMC staff sergeant earns 'Best OPSEC NCO in Air Force'

    Managing a command-wide operations security program was just one area that led to Staff Sgt. Robert Perecko earning the 2011 Air Force Operations Security NCO of the Year. It was also his effort to make it a team approach across Air Mobility Command.Perecko, the information operations fused

  • Military working dogs: More about the Air Force's canine members

    Most service members may be familiar with the wingman and battle-buddy concepts employed by the military. But for the group of military working dog trainers here, battle buddies take on a completely different form when battle buddies are dogs.Some of the military working dogs are born into a puppy

  • Maintenance Ops Squadron completes the puzzle

    When it comes to the hard-working Airmen at Travis, it is no secret that the maintainers put in some of the longest, most stressful and physically taxing hours on base. But like any other group here, they still have to maintain their planning, metrics, quality assurance, coordination and training

  • Travis Airmen transport vice president to Iraq

    A Travis C-17 Globemaster III flown by the 21st Airlift Squadron, descended Nov. 29, 2011, into Baghdad International Airport during a top secret mission to bring Vice President Joe Biden to Iraq for the last time before the Dec. 31, 2011, troop withdrawal. Flying completely blacked out, the

  • Travis Airmen honored with Purple Hearts

    Three Travis Airmen were awarded Purple Hearts in a ceremony today at the base theater. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy, or posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who were killed

  • Fit Plate gives Airmen healthy option

    Look out, waistlines! There's a new tool for keeping Airmen 'Fit to Fight,' changing the eating habits of Team McChord each day. This new tool is called the Fit Plate, and it can be found everyday during breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Olympic Dining Facility on McChord Field. Prominently