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Housing on the Base is privately owned and operated by Balfour Beatty
Communities. They offer eight different neighborhoods with different types
of homes. These are Castle Terrace, March Landing, McClellan Corridor,
Moffet Court, Norton Heights, Onizuka Flats North, and Onizuka Flats South.
Community amenities include a community center, playground and picnic
areas, a dog park, and a community garden.
Air Force Mission
Part of the Air Mobility Command, the 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW) is
responsible for strategic airlift and air refueling missions around the globe.
The unit's primary roles are to provide rapid, reliable airlift of American
fighting forces anywhere on Earth in support of national objectives and to
extend the reach of American and allied air power through mid‐air refueling.
Wing activity is primarily focused in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas,
including Alaska and Antarctica. However, the 60th AMW crews can fly
support missions anywhere in the world to fulfill its motto of being
"America's First Choice" for providing true Global Reach.
With the multiple missions that Travis AFB provides, the main supporting
action is the installation’s ability to provide a safe command and control
platform for the President and DOD to carry out their objectives during a
time of national crisis. Current flight operations at Travis AFB include
straight out departures and straight in approaches, overhead landing
patterns, radar closed patterns, closed patterns, and re‐entry visual flight
rule patterns.
C‐5 Galaxy aircraft taking off
Future Mission Operations
In January 2017, Air Force officials selected Travis AFB as one of two
preferred locations to station active duty components of the new
Boeing KC‐46 Pegasus refueling aircraft. The KC‐46A Pegasus is an aerial
refueling and strategic military transport aircraft capable of refueling
multiple aircraft at the same time. Environmental impact analyses will be
required before a final basing decision is made to locate 24 KC‐46A Pegasus
aircraft at Travis AFB, which will replace the existing KC‐10 Extender aircraft.
In February 2011, the KC‐46 Pegasus was selected by the Air Force to
replace older KC‐10 Extenders. A decision to retire the KC‐10 Extenders was
made in 2013, but the planned divestiture is intended to be coordinated
with arrival of the KC‐46A. As of January 2017, it is anticipated that the first
KC‐46A Pegasus aircraft would arrive at Travis AFB in 2022. It is unknown
the total number of personnel change that will occur at Travis AFB as a
result of this change in mission.
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