David Grant USAF Medical Center
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The David Grant USAF Medical Center (DGMC) at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, is the United States Air Force's largest medical center in the continental United States and serves military beneficiaries throughout eight western states. It is a fully accredited hospital with a National Quality Approval gold seal by the Joint Commission, and serves more than 500,000 Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System eligible beneficiaries in the immediate San Francisco–Sacramento vicinity from 17 counties covering 40,000 square miles. Originally known as Travis Air Force Base Hospital, DGMC was renamed in 1966 in honor of David Norvell Walker Grant, the first Surgeon General of the United States Army Air Corps and United States Army Air Forces.
David Grant USAF Medical Center
4167th Station Hospital at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field during WWII, circa 1943-1945
A U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Radiologic Technologist (Radiographer) positions a patient for an X-ray at the 4167th Station Hospital at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field during WWII, circa 1943-1945
Major General (Dr.) David N.W. Grant, MC, USAAF First Air Surgeon, U.S. Army Air Forces -- the "Father" of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service
Travis Air Force Base
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Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles east of the central business district of the city of Fairfield, in Solano County, California.
A McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base during 2015
The base's namesake, Brigadier General Robert F. Travis
A Travis Air Force Base postcard dating from the 1970s
Travis Air Force Base celebrates the arrival of its first C-17A Globemaster III, the "Spirit of Solano", in 2006.