Airman lost legs after gallbladder surgery

An airman lost parts of both legs and was in critical condition after routine gallbladder surgery at Travis Air Force Base went terribly wrong, his family said.

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Fire at Calif. air base burns 230 vacant homes

The military says a wind-whipped fire at a California air base damaged more vacant homes than previously though — at least 230.

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The U.S. government says an entrance to Travis AFB needs to be overhauled for security reasons and needs 13 acres of farm land to do it.

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U.S. Air Force pilots are flying planes so old that some were built during the Eisenhower administration, and still Congress is delaying new appropriations to modernize America's aging fighters, bombers and other military aircraft.

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