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Elroy Air, the company developing an end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo system, recently demonstrated its autonomous cargo delivery system at Travis Air Force Base. The demonstration was part of Mobility Guardian 2023, a large Air Mobility Command (AMC) full-spectrum readiness exercise. Mobility Guardian 23 focused on overcoming challenges related to distance in mobilization, deployment, and sustainment functions in the Indo-Pacific. Elroy Air stands poised t...

The Air Force has temporarily halted purchases of the controversial $1,280 “hot cup” used to warm liquids on cargo and other aircraft amid a growing controversy over their price.

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The Travis Air Force Base innovation lab opened its doors Friday for Tech Day to show airmen and base personnel their latest services and to introduce their outside business partners. Phoenix Spark last month expanded its floor space by moving into the Gong Innovation Center.

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Gonge addresses a small group at a naming ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Friday, April 9, 2021. The base’s 60th Air Mobility Wing Phoenix Spark team named its new lab in honor of Gonge, who served as 22nd Air Force commander at Travis in the 1970s. (Nicholas Pilch/U.S. Air Force file photo) New innovation facility honors retiree from Travis By Nicholas Pilch, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The Travis Air Force Base Phoenix Spark innovation cell revealed the name for its new location April ...

Travis lab repairs firetruck gear for 5 cents Staff Sgt. Max Estrada, 60th Air Mobility Wing noncommissioned officer in charge of agile manufacturing, shows off a replacement gear for a base firetruck crafted using 3D printing at Travis Air Force Base, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Courtesy photo) TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Travis Air Force Base’s Phoenix Spark Lab used its 3-D printers March 2 to replace a damaged part for a base firetruck and return it to the inventory in one day – and it did so for only 5 cents. By 3-D printing the part, rather than ordering a replacement, the base saved upw...