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Hopefully opportunities to space-a to the Philippines will resume some day. Thanks for sharing your story!

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Yes, we were in masks in the passenger terminal when this was done. Thanks!

The 30 Day parking lot is located about a five minute walk from the passenger terminal at Travis AFB. Once you have been selected for a flight after roll call, the will issue you a parking pass for your dashboard. Then you move your car over to the 30 Day parking lot, then return to the passenger terminal and you are on your way!

Thanks for your question. The flightline video was not my native video. It was posted to the internet from an airshow not so long ago when hundreds of people were taking video of the flightline.

Jamie, they occur several times a week, but I would not say daily. It varies from week to week depending on mission requirements. You can view the 72 hour Report and Roll Call here: www.amc.af.mil/AMC-Travel-Site/Terminals/PACOM-Terminals/Joint-Base-Pearl-Harbor-Hickam-Passenger-Terminal/

C5 and C17 have lavatories - C130 is a wall hole with a curtain. (Not so nice.)

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Great advice - thanks!

Travis AFB and most passenger terminals generally have 30 day "short term" parking lots near the passenger terminal. Ordinarily, once you are selected for a space a flight during roll call, you would then receive a parking placard and have time to move your car to the 30 day parking lot and leave the placard on the dashboard of your car. As for boarding with a mobility scooter, I would have to direct you to passenger terminal personnel. Give them a call and I am sure that they can answer those specific questions.

I have never stayed in a hostel, so, I am unqualified to make any recommendations for you on on that score. I recommend that you consult with Google and check all of the reviews.

Also an exciting way to fly...

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Because they are scheduled for rollcall within a few hours of each other I would first compete for the earlier flight, so that I have a back up option if I wasn’t selected for that first flight. The seating configurations on both planes will be very similar. So, there’s very little comfort level difference.

@@CliffWagner I just didn't know if the C5 is going to break for maintenance or something and then we miss out on the commercial flight. I wish they were spaced out a little bit further If you have any other advice would much appreciate

The only passenger terminals geographically near OC are North Island Naval Air Station San Diego or March Air Reserve Base in Riverside Co. You could catch a low cost South West Airlines from OC to Sacramento and Uber to Travis AFB.

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I am unaware of anything in DoDI 4515.13 (the regulation) that addresses the immigration visa question. My suspicion is that if a spouse is eligible for entry into the United States, or otherwise eligible travel to foreign destinations under an existing passport, then yes. However, I recommend that you call a passenger terminal and confirm.

@@CliffWagner thank you for your response! Will do

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Hi Jill - thanks for reaching out and I am happy to hear that you have found some of my videos useful. Your reference to my use of the word group is correct, I usually travel with a handful of retired military friends that I came up with through the course of my career and I believe it makes the space-a and travel experience richer and more enjoyable. We are able to split come costs, but more importantly value the camaraderie of traveling together. Here is my recommendation to you. I recommend that you look into a few specific space-a Facebook groups. If you are not on Facebook, I recommend that you build a profile and get on Facebook as it represents the most efficient way to connect with the folks that I am going to suggest. First, check out and join the following space-a travel Facebook groups: SPACE A DOD TRAVELERS of USA, Military Space Available Travel (both groups) yes, there are two... Space A Tips and Trips. I am going to recommend that you reach out to two ladies who are admins on several of these sites and their names are: Carol Green at: facebook.com/groups/544591884126601/user/100001540985452 and Christi My at: facebook.com/christi.meyer1 I recommend these two ladies because they are very experienced and have shown a receptivity to providing guidance to new space-a travelers. I believe that they might know of specific space-a travel buddy groups or help connect you with specific people to begin to correspond with. I believe if you reach out a little, I would be you would find quite a few like minded ladies and probably a few gents too! Obviously you need to be careful/thoughtful that you identify and select a space-a travel buddy or two who is compatible and going to be able to shoulder 100% of their own financial travel needs. I don't know where your home base is, but I would recommend that you start with a simple local "easy" space-a trip. One that is not a problem if you have to resort to a commercial flight to get back or even Amtrak. Bottom line, keep it simple and stress free. Even if you go alone the first time ot two just to get comfortable with the process. You will find that the passenger terminal staff are very helpful and your fellow travelers are a great resource too! So, my strong encouragement is to get out there and go! The sooner you do so the easier it will be. Best wishes to you in planning your adventure and I hope that you have an amazing time! - Cliff

Eligibility guidelines can be found in DoD Instruction 4515.13 - which, is online and can be found using google.

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