Retreat ceremony honors retiring AFMC commander

Robins honors Native American history and heritage

Starting a small fire ordinarily wouldn't amount to much of a spectacle, but the way Scott Jones does it drew a mesmerized crowd at an event held Nov. 5. Using only two pieces of wood, a string and some cedar-bark shavings, Mr. Jones quickly managed to get a fire started, wowing about a dozen people

Robins plays key role in Open Skies Treaty

Several times each year, a strange sight occurs out on the runway at Robins. In the distant sky, a plane similar to a Boeing 727 passenger jet appears on approach. When it lands, curious maintenance workers on the flightline notice a peculiar thing - Russian writing on the side of the jet. After

F-15 maintainers work to replace faulty longerons

In hangars on the Robins flightline, F-15 Eagle fighter jets can always be found in varying states of disassembly. Removing and replacing parts is something that's done every day here. But some parts, like a longeron, are never meant to be removed. A team from Robins was tapped in June to figure out

Joint Advisory Council works with students to collect canned food

A group of Georgia College & State graduate students is teaming with the Joint Advisory Council of the 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing and the 638 Supply Chain Management Group for a holiday food drive. Collection bins for canned food will be placed at the north end of the east and west wings of

Robins enlisted aide wins AFMC award

Behind many great commanders there stands a great enlisted aide who works tirelessly to ensure he or she can focus on the big picture while not being overrun with the small details of daily life. For the commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, that person is Master Sgt. Jeffery Gombos,

Renovated base home gets first new tenants

A Robins Airman and his family will soon have more living space. Staff Sgt. Gabriel Scarberry, a systems control manager with the 54th Combat Communications Squadron, his wife Sabrina and his three children are the first to occupy one of the newly renovated four-bedroom homes in Turner Park. "It's a

General Peyer shares vision at first commander’s call

Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer, addressing members of Team Robins as a whole for the first time, said it was "an honor" to command the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The WR-ALC commander hosted eight commander's call sessions Nov. 5-6 and will hold three more sessions today. It was her first commander's

Robins children get a first-hand look and feel of their parent’s deployment process

Nearly 40 "troops" from Robins deployed Saturday and returned to a hero's welcome all in the same day. The troops, 38 in all, were actually children of Robins Airmen taking part in the first Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event. "It was designed to have some fun and give them a small taste

Robins Riders roll out for biannual veterans event

When it comes to honoring America's war dead, Robins motorcycle riders aren't going to let a little thing like near-freezing temperatures stop them. A total 80 bikers, the second most in the history of the event, showed up Oct. 31 for the biannual Robins Riders ride to Andersonville National