ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Gen. Kirkland, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, and his command team joined Team Robins and members from the local community to recognize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at the Museum of Aviation. The general and his command team were at Robins as part of the Move the Flag initiative to take up week-long operations at various AFSC bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Misuzu Allen)

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Staff Sgt. William Reed, 461st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron instrument flight controls specialist, calls flight controls/engine start for the flight deck during Cross-Utilization Training, December 19th, 2018, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Aircrews for the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System are going through CUT training in order to reduce the Air Force’s deployed footprint and essentially do more with less. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jonathan Bell)

Save the date! Col. Lyle Drew, 78th Air Base Wing commander, will host his January Commander's Book Club with Team Robins members Jan. 24, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Heritage Club. January's book is "The Happiness Advantage," by Shawn Achor.

The Air Force is continuing to look to its Airmen to create innovative solutions to the service's trickiest challenges. Air Force senior leaders announced the creation of the Vice Chief’s Challenge, a Total Force-wide competition created to solicit innovative ideas to solve Air Force-level problems.

The Air Force Materiel Command is excited to announce the launch of the AFMC command mobile application in USAF Connect. This AFMC app augments traditional communication tools by consolidating multiple resources in a single location, easing access to information and news from all channels.

The Air Force is calling for submissions from start-ups and small businesses as it seeks to rapidly invest up to $40 million at Air Force Pitch Day as part of a larger rapid contracting effort.

Forest Johnson (far right), Robins Air Force Base Fire Emergency Services chief, receives the situation report from fellow first responders at the training site of the Mass Accident Response Exercise Dec. 4th, 2018, at the Guardian Centers complex in Perry, Georgia. Following the discussion, Johnson took over as Incident Commander during the MARE. The intent of the exercise was to test the responses of Team Robins and other Middle Georgia first responders to a mock crash of an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Mental Health Clinic is a well-known source for active and retired military members, but Robins’ civilians and Guardsmen have places to turn, as well, when crises arise. The Occupational Medicine Services Clinic, the 116th Air Control Wing director of Psychological Health and the Employee Assistance Program all offer options for mental health fitness. (courtesy photo)

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Shane Groves, 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group lead equipment engineer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is one of six finalists to compete in the Department of Defense's Maintenance Innovation Contest at the DOD's Maintenance Symposium in Tamp, Florida, Dec. 17. He will present his idea of using robotic automation for Environmental Safety Occupational Health risk reduction, throughput increase and improved quality in the ALC’s various processes at the 2018 MIC. (courtesy graphic)

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex is no stranger to Art of the Possible. While the constraints-based process improvement tool has been used at Robins since 2012, the complex’s workforce development and training section has been working to apply AoP to its operations since 2014. (courtesy graphic)