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Feb. 4, 2021
One aircraft, two missions: Travis AFB C-17 delivers aid to support two COCOMs

The Airmen of the 60th Air Mobility Wing delivered COVID-19 personal protective equipment and humanitarian aid bound for two separate combatant commands. The Port Dawgs of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron and the Beeliners of the 21st Airlift Squadron stepped in to tackle two separate missions, helping
Oct. 5, 2018
Fairchild’s Airmen support KC-46A, B-52 training

Airmen from Fairchild’s 384th Air Refueling Squadron supported a KC-46A Pegasus during a training operation with a B-52 Stratofortress in the Northwest region of the United States, Oct. 3, 2018.The purpose of the training mission was to test the new refueler’s capability to perform inflight
July 23, 2018
Fairchild Airmen perform first test of new chemical defense mask on KC-135

In the midst of calm or chaos, there lies a potential for aircrews to fight the faceless combatants of chemical and biological agents. U.S. military personnel actively operate within areas that maintain the capability to employ these agents, making individual protective equipment imperative to
July 11, 2018
Travis says goodbye to Col. John Klein, welcomes Col. Ethan Griffin as new base commander

Ask an Airman what they like doing on warm, summer mornings and more than likely, you won’t hear, “Get in my blues and stand at attention for two hours.”For members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, though, that’s exactly what they did, but for good reason. They, among many Airmen around Travis Air
Oct. 20, 2017
Legacy Stratotanker refuels newest Air Force fighters

Team Fairchild’s KC-135 Stratotanker was hard at work refueling six of the U.S. Air Force’s latest fifth-generation fighters, the F-35A Lightning II, over the Pacific Northwest Oct. 17.

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One aircraft, two missions: Travis AFB C-17 delivers aid to support two COCOMs

Fairchild’s Airmen support KC-46A, B-52 training

Fairchild Airmen perform first test of new chemical defense mask on KC-135

Travis says goodbye to Col. John Klein, welcomes Col. Ethan Griffin as new base commander

Legacy Stratotanker refuels newest Air Force fighters