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  • Travis to offer sport bike safety course

    The sound of someone's horn and red taillights are all that can be seen and heard as rush hour traffic hits. An impatient driver hurries to get home after a long day at work, weaving in and out of traffic, runs a red light and collides with a car he didn't see coming. It is this kind of mishap the

  • AFSO 21 improves Total Force processes

    No doubt, almost everyone has heard about Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century by now and its philosophy for leaning out processes and getting rid of time-consuming portions. Just in case you've been under a rock or in hiding, AFSO 21 is a new program initiated by the secretary of the Air

  • Airlift/Tanker Association hosts mobility forum

    The Golden Bear chapter of the Airlift/Tanker Association hosted a mobility forum at the Base Theater May 11 to give members of Team Travis a chance to spend time with the heroes of air mobility and hear them speak about their career experiences. The theme of the event was "A Day with Our Mobility

  • AF, Army team to resolve information technology issue

    Air Mobility Command contracts with commercial carriers to compliment its organic airlift fleet. As part of the contracting process, AMC communicated with commercial partners by granting them limited access to DoD military networks. As Defense department network security requirements became more and

  • Joint team helps save 2-year-old boy in Pacific

    When Airmen from the 13th Air Force's Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center here received a request in early May from a Saipan pediatrician requesting critical assistance for a 2 year old suffering from pneumonia with subsequent organ system failure, unit members understood time was critical

  • Teen becomes 'Pilot for a Day' at Fairchild

    It isn't every day a 13-year-old boy gets to pilot a KC-135 Stratotanker destined from Washington for Hawaii, but one teen flew the mission May 3 as Fairchild Air Force Airmen helped one local youth become a Pilot for a Day. Dylan Nickerson experienced a day in the life of a pilot with the

  • Eagle Flag assists CRGs in preparation for real-world success

    Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag is designed to bring together expeditionary combat support skills a combatant commander needs to open an air base, provide command and control, and to establish an air base in a realistic contingency environment. It's a natural match to include in that exercise a

  • LRS flight tests new vehicle for efficient fuels management

    The 62nd Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuels management flight is playing an integral role in the search to find new ways to fuel aircraft more efficiently. Since September, the fuels management flight has been using an R-11 fuel truck fitted with a Hydrant Mobile Refueling Equipment, or Hymore,

  • Stay Alert, Don't Get Hurt.

    Air Mobility Command's safety campaign for the 101 Critical Days of Summer runs May 25-Sept. 3 with the slogan "Stay Alert, Don't Get Hurt." The effort is in support of the Air Force-wide campaign, which runs annually to inform Airmen of the increased potential for fatalities and mishaps during the