Travis conducts combined KC-10, KC-46 training

Master Sgt. Traci Keller

60TH AIR MOBILITY WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE —

For the first time at Travis Air Force Base, a mixed formation of seven U.S. Air Force KC-10 and KC-46 tanker aircraft took off Feb. 8 in tactical formation in order to conduct an integrated mis- training.

“The integrated mission sortie, or IMS, is one of many deliberate efforts to operationalize the Air Mobility Command commander’s intent to communicate, navigate and maneuver at tempo in any area of responsibility,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Andrew Baer, 6th Air Refueling Squadron operations officer and the event detachment commander. “It combines advanced tanker maneuvers and tactics with autonomous distributed mission planning and decision making to provide participants high-end warfighting training in a relatively low-cost and controlled environment.”

Three KC-10 Extenders operated by the 6th and 9th Air

Refueling Squadrons from Travis, two KC-46A Pegasuses assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst, New Jersey, and two KC-46s from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, took to the skies over Northern California to demonstrate the combined ability to rapidly generate and project air power while integrating the capabilities of both airframes.

“Events like the IMS provide an opportunity to expose our airmen to the next generation mobility tanker platform and further strengthen our ready and lethal air mobility force,” Baer said. “This training is an investment in the global air mobility

Travis Afb Public Notice

NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF FIFTH FIVE-YEAR REVIEW

Travis Air Force Base (AFB) announces the star t of its Fifth Five-Year Review of soil and groundwater cleanup at 20 environmental restoration sites on Travis AFB in Solano County, California.

When a remedy leaves residual contaminants in place, the Superfund law requires site owners to evaluate their cleanup systems every 5 years for protectiveness, until the site has been cleaned up sufficiently to allow unrestricted access.

The purpose of the Five-Year Review is to evaluate the per formance of all remedies and their progress toward achieving site cleanup objectives. This Fifth Five-Year Review will verify if the remedies are protective of human health and the environment.

Upon completion of the review, a Five-Year Review report will be issued. The report will provide protectiveness statements and, if needed, will recommend actions to be taken before the next Five-Year Review. The final report will become a part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Administrative Record and will be available for public review on the AFCEC public website (https://ar.afcec-cloud.af.mil/Search.aspx) and the Travis AFB public website (http://www.travis.af.mil/About-Us/Environment/Document-Library/). You may also ask for an electronic copy of the report by sending an email to enviropa@travis.af.mil.

If you have any issues or concerns about the cleanup actions at the 20 environmental restoration sites on Travis AFB, if you have knowledge of the implementation of the active remedies, or if you want to be placed on the Travis AFB mailing list, please contact Louis Briscese, 60th AMW Public Affairs, at (707) 424-5743 or via email at louis.briscese.1@us.af.mil.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Please contact Mr. Chet Storrs, the Travis Remedial Project Manager, at (707) 424-2812 or via email at chet.storrs@us.af.mil. Additional information on environmental cleanup at the base may be found on the Travis AFB Environmental Restoration Program website (http://www.travis. af.mil/About-Us/Environment/Document-Library/) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website on Five-Year Reviews (https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-five-year-reviews).

349 FSS take home multiple 2022 AFRC A1 Awards

Senior Airman Brady Penn

Travis Air Force

BASE — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 349th Force Support Squadron recognized a few of their outstanding airmen over the February Unit Training Assembly at Travis Air Force Base, after they were recently awarded the 2022 Air Force Reserve Command Force Development Award.

In addition to the group award, Tech. Sgt. James Fotakis was named the 2022 Force Support Reserve Component Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

Both awards are given based on superior achievement in the development of airmen who thoroughly understand the Air Force mission, organization and doctrine. The Force Development award recognizes outstanding success in fostering critical thinking, encouraging exploration, and creative problem solving.

“Airmen want to maintain readiness and want to progress their careers,” said Senior Master Sgt. Heather Craig, chief of Education and Training for the 349th Air Mobility Wing. “We have a very high readiness percentage because we take an interest in every airman in the wing, whether they just returned from basic military training or have been with the wing for years.

Joining in being recognized, this senior noncommissioned officer from the 349th Force Support Squadron was also recognized for his efforts in helping airmen from the wing maintain their readiness and guiding them in their careers.

“I was surprised when I heard that I had been nominated,” Fotakis said. “I work with so many great people and I didn’t expect to be singled out for my work in Al Udeid.”