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  • Natural resources manager wrangles reptile

    A 6-foot alligator has a new and more appropriate home after being captured near the runway last week. Bob Sargent, Robins natural resources manager, answered a call July 28 that a gator had been spotted in water along Beale Drive. He found it, and was particularly alarmed that it didn't seem

  • Maintainers set to replace C-5 cargo door

    The C-5 Galaxy is a huge aircraft with some pretty big individual parts. One of those came in last week - a side cargo door - which required the 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to use a crane to hoist it on a trailer for transport to the aircraft that needed the part. It's not often the side

  • Visiting team gets inside look at the art of combat communications

    Haithe Anderson, Air Force Space Command Museum program manager, arrived at Robins July 19 with a team of three civilian artists.The visit is one of two Air Force Space Command-hosted U.S. Air Force Art Program visits. One visit is to the 689th Combat Communications Wing here, the other is to

  • Wet sanding technique to save time, reduce hazards

    Instead of recreating the wheel, Mario Largaespada thought it would be better to borrow from it.In his previous career in the fiberglass industry, Largaespada, 573rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron paint shop supervisor, saw mechanics using wet sanding techniques that could be used here. "I

  • Maintainers retrieve ‘stab’ from Arizona

    Earlier this year, a Robins test-flight crew made the unusual move of flying a C-5 directly from a maintenance depot to the retirement yard in Arizona.The retired plane flown to Arizona had been here for programmed depot maintenance, but maintainers discovered it had a mainframe crack that would

  • DBIDS registration deadline suspended

    The July 31 deadline for registration in the Defense Biometric Identification System has been suspended due to connectivity problems with the system.A new deadline will be established once those issues have been resolved.DBIDS registration was initiated at Robins in February. Since then, the 78th

  • HVM improves maintainers’ readiness for C-130s

    Although implementation of High Velocity Maintenance in the C-130 section is still in its infancy, a key feature of it is already having a big impact.The technical term for it is "supportability." It encompasses everything that is involved with being ready to meet each task to be done on an aircraft

  • Robins works to get new lean, mean fire trucks for Air Force

    Air Force bases later this year will begin using a new type of smaller, "more lethal" fire truck - and it came about with the close involvement of Robins personnel.Program management of all Air Force fire trucks is done through the Aerospace Sustainment Directorate's Support Equipment and Vehicles

  • Airmen to participate in "Ruck March to Remember"

    78th Security Forces members will participate in a unique event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.The 2,181-mile Ruck March to Remember began July 12 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and will end Sept. 1 at Ground Zero in New York.The march is broken into 15 legs, with

  • Maintenance leaders discuss challenges, future improvements

    Pentagon officials and leaders from maintenance depots across the Department of Defense attended a Peer-to-Peer Conference here earlier this week. They gathered to discuss current issues facing the department's maintenance community, including what can be done to improve the efficiency of operations

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