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  • Base operations keep cargo moving under cover of darkness

    For Airmen at Travis to move the volume of cargo they do, it is necessary for them to have operations running 24 hours a day. It wouldn't be safe however, to have the Airmen in the 60th Aerial Port Squadron work nonstop. This is where the night shift takes over."We typically move three times as many

  • Roadside delivery: Airman delivers son

    Jeremy and Cara wanted a natural birth for their second son. But, they never imagined how natural it would be. "The baby's coming," Cara said to her husband, as she experienced contractions around 7 a.m. May 18, 2013, at their home on Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C.Cara's husband, Staff Sgt.

  • Optometry: Keeping your vision clear

    A human eye is pictured through a phoropter June 17, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. The optometry clinic provides eye care to active-duty service members and Reservists on special orders. The most common services provided are eye examinations, visual acuity checks, repairing

  • Honor Guard: perfect practice makes perfection

    "It's all about perfection."That's how Airman 1st Class Katie Kuhar, 350th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator and one of 16 Airmen in the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard, describes the mindset behind the details she and her fellow Airmen perform on an almost daily basis."It doesn't matter how

  • Father's Day brings deployment end for Fairchild family

    For the Messer family, residents of Fairchild, this Father's Day will be a very special one, especially since it will be their first as a family with a child. Capt. Brett Messer, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, has been deployed overseas for five months, away from his wife Catherine and now

  • Dover Airmen answer call in Oklahoma

    On May 25, three Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron embarked on a 36-hour trip from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Moore, Okla., using their own vehicles and personal leave. Moore was recently hit with by an EF-5 rated tornado leaving thousands of homes destroyed, and many people in need of help

  • 35 cats, 16 dogs, 1 Airman

    Fifteen years ago Samson, a Yorkie, found a home in San Antonio, Texas. The home was that of Senior Master Sgt. Melissa Spurling. Seeing Samson, she fell in love. Samson was the first animal adopted by Spurling, driving her devotion and love for animals. Living in San Antonio, she could not go

  • Chapel services unveils solar-powered vehicle

    One of the most challenging places to work at Travis is the flightline. High winds, extreme temperatures and a hectic pace puts great stress on the Airmen of the 60th Maintenance Group, Operations Group and Mission Support Group as they keep the Air Mobility Command mission moving forward. Several

  • Chief reaches 10,000 hours

    May 22 was a momentous day for a few Travis members. Among them was Chief Master Sgt. Luis Drummond, 60th Operations Group superintendent, who reached 10,000 hours as a boom operator, refueling a F-35 Lightning II, F-16 Fighting Falcon and KC-10 Extender."It's hard to put it to words," Drummond

  • All aboard: Air Force retiree crafts model trains for 38 years

    While other retirees get part-time jobs or travel the world, Ron Peterson chooses to build model train sets as a hobby. Peterson, a U.S. Air Force retiree, started making train sets in 1975 when he got stationed at Fairchild and later decided to retire here to continue doing what he loves most.Even