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  • AGE uses JP-8 to support Travis aircraft

    For those who have flown on Travis aircraft, it may be a mystery that it takes hundreds of pieces of ground equipment to keep those planes mission ready. It may be an even bigger mystery that the fuel keeping some of those machines ready is the very same fuel that powers aircraft. The fuel is Jet

  • Aerial porters move pallets

    It may be no rare feat for Travis Airmen to move more than 87,000 pounds of cargo in only one day. It may also be commonplace for them to deal with moving approximately $59.7 million worth of goods in a single shift.However, for a unit with only three people, the Airmen in the Department of Defense

  • Vet finds American dream

    Master Sgt. Sam Katchmar retired in June of ʼ68, 20 years after he began his service to the country in the newly-formed Air Force. American-born, his mother sold their family saloon and moved, with her six children, to Poland after her husband died in a coal mine accident. The family survived in

  • Local Artist crafting 300 ceramic tile mural for Student Union

    What started as a simple sketch for a ceramic-tiled piece of artwork to hang in the soon-to-be newly constructed Student Union, has turned into an oversized, 23x7-foot long masterpiece of the base and the local area.Using more than 300 ceramic tiles that she made herself, local artist Claudia

  • Protocol protects military heritage

    Behind every military ceremony, banquet and distinguished visitor trip, there is a team of perfectionists working long and irregular hours to ensure an Air Force standard of "excellence in all we do" is maintained.The Travis Protocol team bustles around base at any given time, stays behind the

  • Retired Fairchild master sergeant now on-air TV meteorologist

    He can be seen 'live' most weekends and periodically throughout the week on KHQ 6 News delivering current and future weather forecasts for the Inland Northwest - meteorologist, Dave Law, owes a great deal of his success to his 23 years in the Air Force."My four years as the Chief of Weather

  • Fairchild's Fabrication Flight 'key' to Stratotanker's success

    The Air Force purchased its first KC-135 Stratotankers in 1954, that means Fairchild's fleet of roughly 37 aircraft is 58-years-old. One 'key' to the fleet's longevity is the 92nd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight.The Fabrication Flight consists of three sections: Aircraft Structural

  • Travis boxer captures win

    Ninety seconds. A lot can happen in 90 seconds. It can pass by quickly or, in the sport of boxing, it can seem like a lifetime. It only took the boxing judges in Sacramento 90 seconds to determine the boxer from Travis had beaten his opponent.Staff Sgt. Justin Cureton, 60th Aircraft Maintenance

  • How to save a life: Marrow donation helped Sones' daughter

    Many people have events in their lives that bring forth a rush of emotions. For the Sones family, one of those events is the Marrow Donor Drive coming to Travis May 14 through 18. There are many reasons for the emotions people feel during those events, for the Sones it is because bone marrow saved

  • Airmen, Marines, Ospreys join forces for exercise

    When the distress call comes, the men and women of the 615th Contingency Response Wing have proven their ability to respond effectively to crises in some of the most remote regions of the globe. But what if that emergency call rang out closer to home? What if a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated