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  • Commander proud of 78th’s progress

    From parking shortages to budget constraints, the 78th Air Base Wing is grappling with big challenges, but outgoing commander Col. Carl Buhler believes the wing is on the right path. Buhler, who will hand over command of the unit to Col. Mitchel Butikofer on June 30, said he has witnessed much

  • Round Robins II ends

    Never let it be said Robins officials failed to give a parking-lot shuttle system a fair chance. Round Robins Ex-press began earlier this year to help with the parking problem by shuttling people from the Air National Guard parking lot. The shuttle featured two routes, one which ran through the

  • Community, base celebrate anniversary

    Today Robins is a sprawling complex employing more than 20,000 people, and it is a vital component of America's military operations, but it all began 70 years ago with a one-page telegram. On June 16 hundreds of community and Team Robins members celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day a telegram

  • Volunteer instructors help growing number of motorcyclists

    Volunteer motorcycle safety instructors at Robins routinely take time away from their regular duties to try to save some lives. And lately they've been doing it more often. Due, in part to rising gas prices, Robins has seen a steady increase in the number of motorcyclists on base. But before people

  • McMahon: No democracy on safety

    Remember when you were growing up and it made a big difference when your parents told you exactly what they needed you to do? Such was the case Monday when Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, Warner Robins Air Logistics commander, met with a room full of commanders and directors down to the squadron level on

  • 689th CCW welcomes new commander

    The 689th Combat Communications Wing said goodbye to its first commander and welcomed its second Wednesday. In a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation, Col. Joseph Scherrer accepted command from Col. Theresa Giorlando. He will now lead the wing which stood up in 2009. "Excited doesn't capture it,"

  • ASD paves way for Helos

    At the entrance to a conference room in Bldg. 300 is a plaque with the words "In Memory of Pedro 66." It tells the story of what happened in Afghanistan on June 9, 2010, when a rocket-propelled grenade struck an Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk on a medical evacuation mission. "Pedro 66" was the

  • HVM concept gets new wings

    High Velocity Maintenance is an innovative concept in aircraft maintenance taking hold at Robins, but it doesn't have to be confined to the flightline. Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center commander, said its tenets apply to everything being done at Robins. One of the leaders

  • Maintainers foster Team Spirit with aircrews

    A unique customer-relations program employed for years by the F-15 maintenance section at Robins is expanding into other platforms. With each F-15 here for programmed depot maintenance in the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the plane's crew chief is invited to spend a couple of days learning

  • Maintainers train for the worst

    Maintainer-volunteers at Robins are training for a mission they hope they will never have to perform. The Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team is on 24-hour standby to recover F-15, C-130, C-5 and C-17 aircraft in the event of an accident, said Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Clater, 402nd

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