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  • Team Robins members earn Air Force-level honors

    The winners of annual Air Force-level A1 awards were recently announced, and Team Robins proudly has its share of recipients. Team Robins had six winners at the Air Force level, nearly half of those who had been previously recognized by Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Command. The Team

  • Airmen aid medical support mission in Chile

    Two Robins servicemembers deployed to Angol, Chile, in support of relief efforts after the Chilean earthquake Feb. 27. The team left March 7 and arrived in Chile March 11. Staff Sgt. William Kidd and Senior Airman Patrick Walters from the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron set up communications to

  • Friday 5s offers quick goal tracking

    The leadership development program at Robins is getting a new twist. Beginning in June, an added element called 'Friday 5s' will be a permanent feature of the program's 96-hour leadership development class. Friday 5s prompts class graduates via e-mail every Friday to go to the Friday 5s Web site and

  • Air Force Assistance Fund campaign runs through April 16

    The 2010 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign kicked off Monday. It will run through April 16. Robins' goal for the 2010 campaign is $77,204. There are four avenues contributors can choose from to help active duty, reserve, guard, and retired Air Force members and their families: the Air Force Aid

  • Local officer part of historic medevac mission

    An officer in the 78th Medical Group played a role in the first joint medical evacuation helicopter flight in Afghanistan. Maj. Demea Alderman is on a 6-month deployment to Bagram Airfield. He is serving as flight commander of patient administration at the airfield hospital. Alderman took part in

  • Shop ensures F-15 pilots can fly with unobstructed vision

    Perhaps no other unit at Robins has a more appropriate motto than the F-15 Canopy Shop's: "Our Mission is Clear." There are actually two canopy shops on base. The first disassembles the canopies and deals with any issues other than transparency of the acrylic canopy itself. The other is the 561st

  • Guarding gates a 'huge responsibility'

    One group of people at Robins makes daily contact with everyone who works here. They are the men and women who guard the entry points to the base. Checking one identification card after another might seem to some like a tedious job, but not to the guards. They understand the gravity of their

  • HVM to drastically change programmed maintenance

    On July 31, a C-130 Hercules will arrive at Robins and mark the beginning of what is expected to be a dramatic change in the way aircraft maintenance is done. The Air Mobility Command plane will be the first validation aircraft for High Velocity Maintenance, which means it will be used to test the

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