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FEATURES

  • Sierra Inn steps up to the plate

    Nearly three months after the grand opening of the renovated Sierra Inn Dining Facility, customers are seeing the benefits of the improvements, which now include the experience of Chef Jacob Knutte, Travis dining facility's executive chef.Knutte is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy in

  • Green Knights Motorcycle Club: They serve, they ride

    The sound of thunder rolls from the tips of their chromed steel horse exhausts and echoes into the Carolina sky. Together, they ride through the highways, dressed in patched leather vests, jeans, boots and safety gear. The Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club is a non-profit organization made up

  • AMC teens learn life lessons, leadership skills with Keystone program

    In 2012, having a place for teenagers to go is no different than it has ever been - it's a "keystone" in their growing up years. That's why Air Mobility Command has the Keystone program in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America."Keystone is a place where you can come and hang out with

  • Foreign object detection keeps jets in the sky

     Sometimes it is the little things that cause the biggest problems. Whether it be on the flightline or in equipment, foreign object detection is critical to mission success at Travis."FOD can be hardware, nuts, bolts or anything that is not supposed to be there," said Caterina Andino, 60th

  • C-5 cover serves as a reminder of 22nd AS resolve

    There are many keepsakes people collect to remember their past - from a home run ball hit by their favorite player to a high school class ring. For Airmen in the 22nd Airlift Squadron, an engine cover from a C-5 Galaxy reminds them of a fateful day in their unit's past. On Jan. 8, 2004, a Travis C-5

  • Airman forecasts clear skies as TV weatherman

    Every night, thousands of families across South Carolina gather around their television sets to watch the evening news. For more than 25 years, they have entrusted Bill Walsh, a two-time Emmy Award Winner, to provide them accurate and updated weather conditions as the on-air chief meteorologist at

  • Airlift instructors modernize training for present, future conflicts

    As Dyess Air Force Base replaces its legacy of C-130H aircraft with new C-130J models, 317th Airlift Group Airmen have thrown out the antiquated training of the past and are rewriting the way their aircrews train.In the past, the training in the United States for C-130s didn't match the routings and

  • One shop keeps security forces operational

    When security forces Airmen deploy, they don't receive their deployment gear like Airmen in other career fields. Instead, the 628th Security Forces Squadron handles deployments differently; internally. When most career-fields pick up their deployment gear from the base's individual equipment

  • Original Tuskegee Airman shares military legacy, fight for equality

    He stared at the faded black and white photograph, his eyes filling with tears, as his mind overflowed with nostalgic thoughts of a different era. It was a time when the United States was at war -- not only against other countries, but also at war against itself for racial equality. The photo he