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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 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 60th Operations Group (60 OG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing.It is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California.. Established prior to World War II, its predecessor unit, the 60th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group engaged in combat operations, first with the Eighth Air Force and primarily with Twelfth Air Force during the war.
Luke Air Force Base: 21 AMU "Gamblers," 61 AMU "Top Dogs," 62 AMU "Spikes," 63rd AMU "Panthers," and 425th AMU "Black Widows". [19] 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 57th Maintenance Group, 57th Wing: Nellis Air Force Base [20] 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 60th Maintenance Group, 60th Air Mobility Wing: Travis Air Force Base [21]
Charleston AFB: Lions: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 17th Airlift Squadron: Charleston AFB: AAA Moving: C-17 Globemaster III: Inactive 19th Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: C-141B Starlifter: Inactive 20th Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: C-141B Starlifter: Inactive 21st Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: Beeliners: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 22nd ...
Travis AFB, CA 1970-94: Inactive, redesignated 349th AES (C-124, C-141) 67th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts 1967-73 Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio 1973-93 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 1993-94: Inactive - redesignated 445th AES (C-124, C-123, C-130, C-141) 68th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Norton AFB, CA 1967-93
The 301st Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 349th Operations Group, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California. It is an associate unit of the active duty 21st Airlift Squadron of the 60th Air Mobility Wing. The squadron was activated as the 301st Troop Carrier Squadron in 1943.
The squadron was re-activated at Great Falls AFB, Montana in 1952 under Military Air Transport Service. It operated C-54 Skymasters until MATS shut down operations at Great Falls. It moved to Travis AFB in 1953, where it was equipped with long range C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental transports. The unit flew worldwide strategic transport ...