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Nov. 4, 2019
Ready to Respond: Travis AFB enhances Northern California emergency response capabilities

Everything is on fire!” shouted a 5-year-old girl from the backseat as her mother drove the family car across the Carquinez Bridge near Vallejo, California. Flames were visible on both sides of the bridge and smoke soon engulfed the car. Burning debris fell in front of the vehicle.
Aug. 12, 2019
Team Travis sergeant earns RPA pilot wings

When a Team Travis noncommissioned officer showed up five months into a six-month course at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to become an Enlisted Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilot, there was confusion.
July 15, 2019
Aircrew Flight Equipment keep pilots seeing, flying

AFE flights have the important mission of keeping the tools used during missions operational and in good condition.
June 29, 2019
Pioneers of History: ‘Rosie the Riveter’ women share experiences with mobility Airmen

They broke through barriers by proving women could perform the work of men in factories and shipyards across the United States.
May 1, 2018
DGMC brace shop designs first tibial fracture orthosis in eight years

A 12-year-old boy raced toward the ball. He was determined to kick it into the back of the net to win the game. Another child challenged the would-be goal scorer and their legs slammed into one another in a violent collision.
March 6, 2018
From Afghanistan to Airman

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Imagine having to conceal your identity in order to feel safe and protect the ones you love. Changing the route you take to work, wearing disguises so you won’t be recognized or reducing the amount of vacation you take because you know it’s safer to be at work than
March 1, 2018
Musicians help to heal community after devastating fires

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — On Oct. 8, 2017, a devastating wildfire broke out and ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties.Thousands were impacted by the disaster, which destroyed over 6,500 homes and killed more than 40 people. Those affected included musicians from the United States Air Force
Dec. 20, 2017
Captain flies into St. Croix blind to deliver food, water

Capt. Whit Gremillion, 21st Airlift Squadron, received an afternoon call Sept. 19 instructing him and his crew to fly to March Reserve Base, California, an hour away from Travis Air Force Base, California. Aerial porters worked through the night to load 76,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-17.
Sept. 26, 2017
Staff sergeant shows resiliency in fight with cancer

“You have stage two unfavorable Hodgkin’s lymphoma.”Those were the words Staff Sgt. Teresa Monteon heard her doctor say on October 19, 2015. The weight of those words hit her hard and she cried.“I was scared,” said Monteon. “My whole world just shifted. I was so excited to come to Travis and work in
May 3, 2017
Algerian triplets join Air Force for better future

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- For one Algerian family, 6,600 miles was the distance between a life of struggle, promise and opportunity. Their journey has carried them over thousands of miles, from a barren region in Africa to California’s Simi Valley where eventually the Harchaoui triplets—Myriam,

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