Air Force offering second round of VERA/VSIP

The Air Force is offering a second round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay beginning Jan. 9.The move is part of the Air Force's continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense requirement to maintain civilian funding at fiscal 2010 levels"The Air

Mass transit initiatives color Robins green

This time of year, sports fans in Georgia are envisioning the colors of their favorite teams - blue, yellow, white or red. Team Robins, however, is helping turn dreams to green. In the first six months of ridership, base personnel participation in the Macon Transit Authority's Busses into Robins

Second round for submitting VERA/VSIP applications begins on Jan. 9

On Jan. 9, Civilian Personnel will begin accepting applications for the second round of VERA/VSIP, or Voluntary Early Retirement Authority / Voluntary Separation Incentive Program. The application window will run to Jan. 29, after which applications will not be accepted. Detailed instructions for

Communicators return

College board discontinues paper CLEP tests Dec. 31

The College Board will discontinue its College-Level Examination Program paper-and-pencil testing program effective Dec. 31. The College Board decided to terminate the service due to the decreasing number of paper-based test takers. More than 95 percent of military students now take computer-based

Team JSTARS provides help Family-2-Family for the holidays

Team JSTARS continued a 25-year tradition with another successful Family-2-Family holiday project this year. More than 80 families received toys and a box of food for the holidays.The project, spearheaded by Lt. Col. Gwendolyn Badie, 116th Force Support Squadron commander, is a joint-effort

ANG leadership and congressman view JSTARS up close and personal

Lt. Gen Harry Wyatt III, Air National Guard director, Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth, Adjutant General of Georgia, and Congressman Austin Scott, viewed first-hand the capabilities of the JSTARS platform during a Dec. 5 orientation flight. The group observed training scenarios at each battle station as

MC-130W Dragon Spear visits Robins

A special recognition ceremony took place on the flight line Dec. 2, honoring the efforts made by members of the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron, now the 402nd Expeditionary Maintenance Depot team. The occasion took place in front of an MC-130W Dragon Spear, which arrived for the day with

C-5 full crown skins being replaced

Maintainers in the 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are carrying out a unique mission at Robins. For the first time, 20 full crown skin replacements are being done on a C-5C. In the past, only a portion of each skin would be removed and replaced. Crown skins are the outer layers of an aircraft,

Returning Airman surprises children

Two Warner Robins students got an emotional surprise when they walked into their classrooms Dec. 9. Capt. Nathan List returned home early from Iraq to surprise his son James, 9, at Shirley Hills Elementary School, and 12-year-old daughter Chloe at Warner Robins Middle School. List, who has been