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  • Dorm managers help Airmen adjust

    The six dorm managers on Travis Air Force Base have the responsibility of ensuring a safe, clean and comfortable quality of life for approximately 1,000 service member dorm residents spread across a 45-acre campus.The transition period between leaving technical school and arriving at a first duty

  • Survival training prepares Travis Airmen

    Mission success has been the norm at Travis over the past several years. With excellent ratings in exercises and award-winning teams in nearly every squadron, Travis is known for providing top-notch global mobility. However, a piece of being successful is preparing for when things do not go right.

  • 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

  • Fairchild loses three positions in civilian restructuring

    Base officials announced Jan. 12 that three civilian personnel positions will be eliminated here as part of civilian workforce adjustments announced by the Air Force Jan. 11.Base officials are making face-to-face notifications to those affected by the decision.Air Force officials announced 4,500

  • AMC Passenger Travel to be more predictable

    Select passenger terminals across Air Mobility Command are establishing Facebook pages to provide passengers more predictability when it comes to space-available and -required passengers.The overall goal of the AMC Space-A Facebook program is to use social media to expand knowledge about Space-A

  • Changes made to family care plans

    Significant changes were made to AFI 36-2908, Family Care Plans. FCP ensures that military families are taken care of during drills, annual training, mobilization and deployment. Some changes specifically impact those military members who may deploy. Here is the rundown on the new FCP

  • CASF brings injured service members to higher-level care

    "Ten minutes out" is the message that propels the medical team into action. Knowing their predetermined roles -- CASF staff and volunteers arrive at the awaiting aircraft to quickly and carefully offload patients to the ambulance buses. For some patients, this is a place to receive quick treatment

  • McConnell spouses take on 'Operation Holiday Surprise'

    It's not Christmas yet, but that didn't stop the McConnell Enlisted Spouses from presenting more than 200 McConnell Airmen and families from receiving an early gift Dec. 15, 2011, at the base commissary.The gift was part of "Operation Holiday Surprise." The event was a no notice surprise available

  • KC-10 cargo load training facility opens doors

    A new KC-10 cargo load training facility has opened here. The structure, officials say, is the first of its kind in the Air Force as a facility for cargo load training on the KC-10 Extender did not exist before. The building allows Airmen to train on cargo loading without an aircraft.Before the