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  • Bed-down package clears path for 787th IAG

    Robins is on a path toward the standup of the 787th Installation Acquisition Group that will create at least 300 new job positions here and serve as a regional contracting office for 11 Air Force bases in the Southeast. Lt. Col. Todd Pospisil, the provisional director of the 787th IAG, announced in

  • Robins to celebrate Native American Heritage Month

    America's fabric is a multicultural one, one that continues to unfold through the contributions of many different ethnic groups. To honor the contributions of some of her original weavers, Robins will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a calendar of events meant to honor the culture while

  • Robins candy drive and Halloween happenings

    Halloween can be a fun time of dressing up in entertaining costumes and enjoying treats of all kinds. If people aren't careful though, the fun can be ruined by injury or even death in some cases. Using a little common sense mixed with risk management thinking can help people avoid the dangers that

  • VERA/VSIP restructuring no cause for alarm

    Although Robins officials saw a good response to the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Program effort for the 402nd Maintenance Wing, they do not expect to meet the goal of reducing or restructuring 208 civilian positions. However, Center-wide vacancies will be

  • WR-ALC takes top honors with Department of Defense award

    Warner Robins Air Logistics Center's civilian personnel directorate won the gold award and the Directorate of Contracting won silver from the Under Secretary of Defense in recognition of workforce development efforts. In the 2008 USD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Workforce Development Award

  • New Museum of Aviation exhibit celebrates 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment

    On the morning of Oct. 17, four buses rolled to a stop in front of the Museum of Aviation, and when the doors opened, men in their 80s and 90s stepped gingerly out into the picture-perfect day. Many had canes; some were in wheel chairs and most sported hearing aids. After having medallions draped

  • Robins Fire Prevention week educates how to prevent fire

    Robins Fire Emergency Services held several events last week to give children and adults tips on preventing home fires, but for those who missed it Assistant Fire Chief Tom Kennedy summed it up in two words. "Common sense," Mr. Kennedy said. "I couldn't use that enough." The education effort, which

  • Virtual servers help Robins 'go green'

    Robins is changing the way computers interact in order to significantly reduce the number of servers through "virtualization," which conserves energy and improves operating efficiency. Virtualization involves making computers work together through a virtual server rather than a physical one, said

  • Robins trio nets $10K

    When the Programmable Signal Data Processor, a high-speed computer designed to drive one or more cockpit displays aboard the F-15 aircraft, looked like its life would be cut short, three workers at Robins knew something had to be done to save it. Robert Foster, an equipment specialist in the 407th