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  • CHPS screenings help Robins keep check on their health

    With its quick and frequent on-base screenings, the Civilian Health Promotion Service is helping Robins Air Force Base's people make time for their health. CHPS, an Air Force Materiel Command-wide program since 2005, holds blood pressure screenings in various locations base-wide each week. While

  • Federal acquisition forum goal to demystify process

    Gaining perspective into the intricacies of the federal acquisition process at Robins was the goal of Wednesday's forum conducted at the Mercer Engineering Research Center in Warner Robins. Including base contracting leaders, an audience of more than 60 representatives from industry gathered to

  • Airman convicted of sexual assault

    A Team Robins service member was convicted late Saturday of sexually assaulting a female airman from his own unit. The defendant, a 16th Airborne Command Control Squadron senior airman, was sentenced to five years confinement in a general court martial convened by Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, Air

  • Transportation incentives keep moving along

    For the past few years, some Robins employees have found getting to and from work less of a challenge thanks to mass transit - but the wheels of progress are still rolling. Currently in the works, a new feature proposed by the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority known as Park and Ride, would consist

  • Volunteers ‘exhibit’ various skill sets

    Bob Denison has an undeniable passion for airplanes. His attachment to them goes all the way back to the day he began aircraft maintenance school, just after graduating Air Force basic training in 1954. Today, the retired master sergeant can be found at the Museum of Aviation restoring some of the

  • Reducing stress can save your life

    Looming deadlines, coworker conflicts and unexpected tasks - all of these can be summed up in one word - stress. Under stress, the body releases adrenaline into the blood stream, causing one's heart rate and blood pressure to increase temporarily. A body that's constantly under stress doesn't get

  • Robins C-17 Combined Program Office provides project oversight

    Currently there are efforts to convert existing paper technical manuals for the C-17 weapon system that will not only save money but reduce man hours, creating further efficiencies across the Air Force. The C-17 Combined Program Office at Robins, in partnership with Boeing, is working to implement

  • Four work sites excel with VPP

    Four work sites have joined the growing number of safe sites at Robins achieving Gold recognition through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sponsored Voluntary Protection Program. Gold banners were presented Feb. 7 to the 78th Force Support Squadron Heritage Club/Pizza Depot; 78th

  • LRS exercise scheduled for March

    The 78th Air Base Wing will be participating in an exercise scheduled March 25 through 28. They will provide Joint Reception Staging Onward Movement and Integration support to members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "The objective of the exercise will be to test Inter-national urban

  • Construction Update

    Recent bad weather stalled roadwork at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Gate, though most construction projects around Robins remained unaffected by the inclement weather. Pavement resurfacing at the Gate 5 entrance was expected to resume Feb. 3, but rain dampened those plans as well, furthering the

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