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  • Emergency personnel unite for disaster prep

    To passersby April 12, the fire pit at Robins Air Force Base could easily have been mistaken for the set of a Hollywood disaster movie. But the men and women who use this area perform their own stunts, all in the name of being totally prepared for calamity. The 78th Medical Group and the Robins Fire

  • 5th CCG wins second consecutive Air Force Meritorious Unit Award

    The 5th Combat Communications Group has received its second Air Force Meritorious Unit Award. The 5th CCG, also known as the 5th "MOB," has won numerous unit awards, but the Meritorious Unit Award is unique because it specifically honors service in direct support of combat operations. The award is

  • Annual tree ceremony in honor of Arbor Day

    Members of the Robins community will gather at the former parade field near Forest Park Housing at 9 a.m. Monday to plant trees in commemoration of Arbor Day. The base conducts the observance in late April as the capstone of Robins' month-long celebration of the environment. Organizing a public

  • Starbase Robins continues mission of the minds

    Getting schoolchildren excited about their core curriculum can literally be a matter of rocket science. But, that happens to be a specialty of Starbase Robins, an academic program which has more than accepted the challenge by gaining young students' interest in the vital areas of science,

  • Team Robins SARC takes top honors

    Cindy Graver, the Robins Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, is the Air Force's 2013 Exceptional SARC. "There are so many wonderful and exceptional SARCs throughout the Air Force. I am just proud to be a part of their team," said Graver, who has more than 27 years of experience in the federal

  • Gate changes ease traffic woes

    Team Robins motorists may have found getting into work a bit easier lately thanks to recent changes at the Russell Parkway Gate and the reopening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Gate. As of March 17, the two outbound lanes at Russell were converted into inbound lanes during the hours between 6 and 8

  • Taking care of business

    Ernie Wood's workstation may not be cluttered with trophies or a golden nameplate. But, if John Lennon was correct in saying a working class hero is something to be, Wood, 568th Electronics Maintenance Squadron electronics mechanic, certainly lives up to the song. Charged with the vital task of

  • Now that’s a good idea

    Good ideas are set to become greater ones at Robins as Air Force officials have announced a new program aimed to corral Airmen's innovations and suggestions. The Airmen Powered by Innovation - an endeavor initiated last June - is set to launch and will serve to replace three existing "Good Idea"

  • Initial phase of JSTARS effort begins

    A recapitalization effort of the Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System will be taking off at Robins, home of the 116th Air Control Wing and the E-8C JSTARS aircraft. Led by a team from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., the goal toward replacing the aging fleet and beefing up its

  • Dormitory demolition to last two months

    And the walls came tumbling down. The 78th Civil Engineer Group began demolition Tuesday on one of the buildings formerly used as an Airman dormitory. It was originally built in 1997. This particular dorm had 120 rooms, was 49,954 square feet, and has been vacant since 2011.According to Robins

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