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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 ...
Barksdale Air Force Base [2] 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 4th Maintenance Group, 4th Fighter Wing: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base [3] 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 5th Maintenance Group, 5th Bomb Wing: Minot Air Force Base [4] 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 6th Maintenance Group, 6th Air Mobility Wing: MacDill Air Force Base [5]
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.
The David Grant USAF Medical Center (DGMC) at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, is the United States Air Force's largest medical center [1] in the continental United States and serves military beneficiaries throughout eight western states.
The 621st Contingency Response Wing (621 CRW) is a United States Air Force rapid response expeditionary wing, based out of the McGuire Air Force Base entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey and Travis Air Force Base, California highly-specialized in training and rapidly deploying personnel globally to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain, and coordinate air ...
The 21st Airlift Squadron is part of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California.It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying out United States Air Force global transport missions, duties which involve airlift and airdrop missions as well as provision of services and support in order to promote quality of life for both soldiers and civilians in situations requiring ...
The newly-activated 22d Air Force (successor to the Western Transport Air Force of the Military Air Transport Service) at Travis became the new parent organization for the 60th. [ 2 ] Flying the C-124 Globemaster IIs , the C-130 Hercules , the C-141A Starlifter , and the C-133 Cargomaster , the 60th entered service while the US was beginning a ...
This article lists the airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an airlift squadron is to organize and effect the delivery of supplies or personnel, usually via military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules .