Friday, September 12, 2025 l Vol. 50, Number 37
SERVING TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE MILITARY COMMUNITY OF SOLANO COUNTY
‘1 DEGREE OF SEPARATION’ Page 2
OPERATION WARM HEART Page 3
VAPOR TRAILS EXERCISE Page 4
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Senior Airman Jade Caldwell/U.S. Air Force file
A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is inspected on the flightline after landing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 22. The aircraft was one of
three bombers deployed for Bomber Task Force Europe, supported by a team composed of the 7th Bomb Wing and the 489th Bomb Group.
Commanders recognize Operation Midnight Hammer tanker support Air Mobility Command Public Affairs
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Capt. Lily Romine, left, 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron director of operations, and Capt. Chloe Forlini, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron family medicine physician, pose for a photograph at Travis Air Force Base, Aug. 8. Romine and Forlini are twin sisters
who both attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and are both stationed at Travis Air Force Base. The odds of a twin sisters’ situation of serving in the same branch, at the same base and time as active-duty captains to be closer to one in a million.
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — Air Mobility Command and Air Force Global Strike Command leadership recognized airmen at multiple air refueling bases Aug. 27-Sept. 5 who played a critical role in the success of Operation Midnight Hammer. Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, AMC commander, and Maj. Gen. Ty Neuman, AFGSC Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements Director, expressed their appreciation and reinforced the strategic significance of the June strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities at events that honored airmen from Travis Air Force Base; Fairchild AFB, Washington; Altus AFB, Oklahoma; McConnell AFB, Kansas; MacDill AFB, Florida; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. “We are incredibly proud of the airmen who made this complex and important mission successful,” Lamontagne said. “They are a unified See Hammer, Page 4
Twin sisters serve together at Travis Air Force Base Staff Sgt. Scott Warner
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Family members serving simultaneously in the military is rare, but even more uncommon is two siblings, twins, serving together in the same active-duty branch, with the same rank, at the same base. At Travis Air Force Base this
rarity became a reality for Capt. Chloe Forlini and Capt. Lily Romine. “Our military story started when our grandfather graduated West Point in 1956 and served more than 30 years in the U.S. Army,” Forlini, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron family medicine physician said. “His character and values planted the desirability of military service in our heads at a young age. Then
Coach Gidley, the tennis coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), spoke about recruiting us to play on the team and become U.S. Air Force cadets, that’s when our interest was truly sparked.” Back in 2013, the twins, fraternal sisters, were invited to attend a summer seminar to learn more See Twins, Page 3
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Gen. John Lamontagne, Air Mobility Command commander and Maj. Gen. Ty W. Neuman, Air Force Global Strike Command director of strategic plans, programs and requirements, prepare to depart McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Sept. 3.