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The base was renamed Travis Air Force Base in 1951 for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who was killed when a B-29 Superfortress crashed shortly after takeoff on 5 August 1950. The ensuing fire caused the 10,000 pounds of high explosives in the plane's cargo — a Mark 4 nuclear weapon (minus its nuclear core) — to detonate, killing ...
On 1 July 1966, the USAF Hospital at Travis AFB was designated David Grant USAF Medical Center in honor of the late Major General David Norvell Walker Grant, USAAF, MC (1891–1964), the first Surgeon General of the Army Air Corps and U.S. Army Air Forces. The medical center was a wing-equivalent as well as a tenant on Travis AFB.
Travis Air Force Base: Fairfield: California: Air Mobility Command: 60th Air Mobility Wing: The 60th Air Mobility Wing and 349th Air Mobility Wing operate the C-5M Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III and KC-10A Extender.
Namesake: Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991.
The Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC) [2] is a U.S. Space Force operating location for the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawaii, with a twofold mission . First, it conducts the research and development mission on the Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) at ...
March's KC-10A aircraft assets would later be transferred to the 60th Airlift Wing, redesignated as the 60th Air Mobility Wing, at Travis AFB, California. [ 17 ] Due to realignment, the 445th Military Airlift Wing was transferred to the 452d Air Refueling Wing operating the KC-135 Stratotanker which was redesignated the 452d Air Mobility Wing ...
Kaiser Permanente, which of Maui Memorial and affiliated clinics in 2017, also operates hospitals in California, which has state mandates on nurse-to-patient ratios.
A Travis C-5 Galaxy returns from a training flight The newest Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, 06-6164, arrives at Travis AFB 349th Fighter-Bomber Group Lockheed T-33A 52-9411, Hamilton AFB, California, 1955. The 349th Operations Group (349 OG) is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing.