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AF releases Inspector General inquiry on Travis Retirement Ceremony
The Air Force Inspector General completed the inquiry into the circumstances of the April 2016 Retirement Ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, California.
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9/09
2016
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Contingency response Airmen support exercise Northern Strike
Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group here recently participated in exercise Northern Strike at Grayling Army Airfield and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Northern Strike is a large-scale exercise coordinated by the Michigan Army National Guard and features Army, Marines and Air Force working together for total force integration. It concludes Aug. 20.
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8/18
2016
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Travis C-5M delivers SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite
A C-5M Super Galaxy assisted in the completion of a major milestone for the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems program, successfully delivering a geosynchronous Earth orbit Flight 3 satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Aug. 2.
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8/12
2016
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Unique C-5 completes major inspection
During the past two months, a C-5M Space Cargo Modified (SCM) Super Galaxy underwent a major isochronal inspection inside an ISO dock at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. This C-5M SCM, originally a C-5A model assigned to Travis AFB, California, was modified into a C-5C model, one of only two such models ever made.
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7/27
2016
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Air Force announces KC-46A candidate bases
Air Force officials announced fives bases as candidates for the next round of active duty-led KC-46A Pegasus basing on June 23.
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6/23
2016
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Airman finds direction in aircraft maintenance
Reasons for joining the Air Force are varied. For Staff Sgt. Terrell Cole, a 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication/navigation mission system craftsman, joining the Air Force meant a future for himself and his future family.
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5/26
2016
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Phoenix Ravens protect mobility mission
A select group of Airmen are tasked with providing close-in security for mobility air forces aircraft transiting airfields where security is unknown or additional security is needed to counter local threats. They are known as Phoenix Ravens.
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4/16
2016
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Wartime medical innovation saves lives at home
In January, the Food and Drug Administration approved the REBOA catheter, or resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta. The REBOA is a device that’s inserted into a hemorrhaging vessel and stops or slows blood flow to that injury, while allowing blood flow to continue to other body parts. The idea originated at the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, the main hub for autopsies performed on combat casualties.
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3/30
2016
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SecAF makes first official visit to Travis
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James visited Travis Air Force Base Jan. 8 to meet with Airmen, discuss her priorities and see firsthand the base's mission and capabilities as the western seaboard's mobility air forces hub.
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1/13
2016
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Travis doctor saves hero Airman's life
By the 20th hour of her 30-hour shift, she had already managed two gunshot victims when the call came into the emergency room.
Just 2 miles away, an ambulance rushed to transport a 23-year-old male suffering from multiple stab wounds to Sacramento's only Level 1 trauma center, located at UC Davis Medical Center.
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11/02
2015
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