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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.
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
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]
"The 615th Contingency Response Wing [was] one of two Contingency Response Wings assigned to the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. Headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California, the [wing]'s primary mission [was] to employ rapidly deployable cross-functional teams to quickly open forward airbases in an expeditionary environment to meet combatant commanders' needs.
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.
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 ...