116th excels at Navajo Nation

The 116th Civil Engineer Squadron left Robins Air Force Base to take part in the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program June 5. The program is designed to provide real world training opportunities to prepare for wartime missions while supporting the needs of America's

Hammer ACE team aids Navy after jet crash

Master Sgt. Jeffery Jordan, Hammer, Adaptive Communications Element team flight chief, got the call June 15 to deploy a team to the crash site of a Navy T-45 Goshawk from Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, just a few hours after the aircraft crashed in a remote field at a private ranch in McMullen

Commander's call

McMahon urges Airmen to find, suggest better ways

Robins is not the first base where Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon has served on a team made up largely of civilians. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center commander said at a military "All Call" last week that in such environments Airmen tend to become civilianized in terms of their behavior ...

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,"