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  • Happy 25th birthday, AFMC!

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command (center); Maj. Gen. Warren D. Berry (left), AFMC vice commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Jason L. France, AFMC command chief, prepare to cut a cake commemorating AFMC's 25th anniversary. A brief

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Mentoring is for the total force

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright was a self-proclaimed undisciplined Airman during his first enlistment in the early 1990s…that is, until his mentor stepped in and provided the leadership he needed to set him on the right path.

  • Airman's Attic, Help Wanted

    The Airman's Attic is in need of volunteers! Volunteering is open to everyone who has base access: civilians, retirees, active duty military and family members. Volunteers may be asked to do the following tasks: assist with sorting donated items; take broken and unserviceable items to the dumpster;

  • Job well done!

    A special ribbon cutting ceremony, signaling the early completion of work on the first RQ-4 Global Hawk at Robins, was held on the base flight line June 29. The arrival of this unmanned aerial vehicle marks the first time an aircraft of this type has flown in to an Air Force air logistics complex.

  • Up with the sun

    The RQ-4 Global Hawk that Team Robins maintenance professionals have been working on sits on the runway at Robins, June 29, 2017. Robins is the first and currently the only installation to have a building-based Launch and Recovery Element, allowing the aircraft to take off and land from this

  • Displaying Her Pride

    For 17 years the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law prohibited qualified gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the armed forces. However, the DADT ban on gay and lesbian service members was repealed in 2010; just a few years before Senior Airman Keynia Saunders, 461st Maintenance Squadron, enlisted. “At

  • 10 Seconds of Courage

    Senior Airman Inissa Zambrano was on her way to take an exam for her culinary program. The last thing on her mind was putting her own safety at risk to try to save another. However, that’s exactly what happened when she saw smoke on the horizon as she drove along Interstate 75 towards Macon. As she

  • Million Dollar Mission

    By keeping a fleet of slow, earthbound vehicles rolling, a small, little -known team of mechanics helps keep fleets of supersonic jets and giant airlifters flying. The highly beneficial “low speed vehicles” are golf carts. And a four -to -six -mechanic crew in the 402nd Maintenance Support Group is