Documentation of the 60 Air Mobility Wing Assumption of Command Ceremony, 18 September 2018, Travis AFB, CA.
Maj. Gen. Sam Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, presides over the 60th Air Mobility Wing assumption of command ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Col. Jeff Nelson assumed command of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the Air Mobility Command’s largest wing.
Airmen, Soldiers and officials from the Defense Logistics Agency were sent to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 to 14 as part of Exercise Turbo Distribution 18-02, a Joint Task Force-Port Opening simulation designed to hone joint service interoperability in austere locations for the purpose of opening airfields and forwarding the mobility-centric goals of the Army and Air Force.
When you think of a security forces Airman, you’re likely thinking of someone who looks a lot like Master Sgt. Vincent Brasher, flight chief of the 921st Contingency Response Squadron. Solidly built at about 6 feet 2 inches he’s not a man that scares easily. But he says some stories get pretty close.
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – “Shirt, you got a minute?” This question is posed to many first sergeants, but ask any of them and the majority would agree that it’s not just a minute.
The Oakland Raiders invited 30 Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, to attend their training camp in Napa, California. The Airmen were treated to a scrimmage between the Raiders and the Detroit Lions. After the scrimmage, several players and coaches from both teams signed autographs and took photos with the Airmen.
It’s hot. In the middle of a summer that came far too early and that has a history of staying far too late, Travis Air Force Base, California, is hot. Inside the base’s fitness center, the warm, fluorescent atmosphere is augmented to a stifling degree by the straining and frenetic energies of those who are working out. The gym is split into distinct groups all huddling under what finite space exists beneath the few scattered air...
