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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 ...
The 17th was again activated on 15 January 1970, at Travis Air Force Base, California, as part of the 7th Weather Wing. It was inactivated on 30 June 1972. The squadron was activated once again on 1 April 1980, at Travis. It was inactivated on 30 September 1991, as part of the divestiture of Air Weather Service.
Operation DESERT STORM, the coalition move to remove the Iraqi troops from Kuwait, began on 17 January 1991. The 60th played a vital role throughout the course of Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM, by flying 1,280 C-5 and 954 C-141 missions from Travis Air Force Base. The airlift portion of the operation was nicknamed Operation VOLANT WIND. [2]
11th Weather Squadron: 12th Weather Squadron: 13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron: Redesignated from 13th Weather Squadron and reactivated in 2021. [1] 13th Weather Squadron: Inactivated in 1951. [1] 14th Weather Squadron: Asheville, North Carolina: 15th Weather Squadron: 16th Weather Squadron: Offutt AFB: 17th Weather Squadron
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.
The squadron, however, was not inactive long. It was reactivated at Travis Air Force Base, California on 8 February 1972 as part of the 60th Military Airlift Wing. The 22d was equipped with new Lockheed C-5A Galaxy heavy airlifters and returned to its previous mission of intercontinental air transport of personnel, supplies and equipment. It ...