About TRAVIS AFB, CA
Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Travis Air Force Base is located within Fairfield, Calif, in the northeast part of town. Known as the "Gateway to the Pacific", Travis Air Force Base handles more cargo and passenger traffic through its airport than any other military air terminal in the United States. Travis AFB was named for for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who was killed when a B-36 Peacemaker crashed on August 5, 1950. Travis was killed along with 18 other soldiers in the fire in which 10,000 lbs of high explosives in a nuclear weapon detonated.
Travis Air Force Base, the home of the 60th Air Mobility Wing. The 60th is the largest wing in the Air Mobility Command. Travis is the busiest Air Force Base regarding the handling of cargo and passengers in the US. The Base has a long and proud history of supporting humanitarian airlift operations at home and around the world. Today, the Base includes approximately 7,260 active military personnel, 3,770 civilians and 4,250 reservists. Travis AFB has a major impact on the community as a number of military families and retirees have chosen to make Fairfield their permanent home. Travis AFB is the largest employer in the City and Solano County as well, and the massive Travis workforce has a local economic impact of more than $1 billion annually. The Base also contributes a large number of highly skilled people to the local labor pool. The base’s host unit, the 60th Air Mobility Wing, is the largest wing in the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, with a versatile fleet of 26 C-5 Galaxies, 27 KC-10 Extenders, and 13 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. There are 2 Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft assigned to VQ3 Detachment. The base is also host to David Grant USAF Medical Center, a 265-bed, $200 million Air Force teaching hospital, which serves both in-service and retired military personnel.
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