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  • Partnering to reduce pollution

    Team Robins members can help the environment and help themselves as well through an initiative which encourages car pooling. Robins partners with the Clean Air Campaign to give workers here a way to find carpool partners through an online registry at www.logyourcommute.org. Robins employees can go

  • Energy initiatives see the light

    Team Robins continues to sharpen its sights on energy conservation, including probing for new ways to reduce energy costs. As part of the installation's energy reduction initiative, the Facilities Maintenance Team in the 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group looked for new ways to help the unit trim

  • Provisional combined squadron ends, missions to continue

    The short tenure of the 78th Comptroller & Contracting Squadron came to an end Tuesday. In a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation, the squadron was inactivated less than two years after it was formed on a provisional basis. The squadron had combined the 78th Comptroller Squadron and the 78th

  • New gate offers ease in traffic

    To help alleviate traffic congestion caused by the closing of the Russell Parkway Gate, drivers can now use the newly opened Russell Parkway/Museum Gate. This gate is, however, only accessible via Russell Parkway. To enter the gate, drivers must cross the bridge and follow traffic into the gate.

  • Green Street Gate – the right fix

    Work is expected to begin July 19 on a turn lane into the Green Street Gate for motorists traveling north on Highway 247. Robins is funding the $200,000 project, which will be completed in early September. Over the years, Robins employees have made an illegal turn across the grass peninsula near the

  • Deployed Airmen’s kids get football training from ex-NFL player

    Five children of deployed Airmen from Robins spent some time this week with a group of former NFL and college football players. The cost of the Kids & Pros Football Camp is normally $150, but former Falcons linebacker Buddy Curry offered scholarships to the children. They were among 135 children

  • 78th FSS ‘energized’ to make energy a top concern

    When it comes to energy conservation on Robins, the 78th Force Support Squadron is making a strong statement. Despite the fact most of its 65 facilities operate for extended hours and many of them operate around the clock, and it services an average of 15,000 customers a day, FSS is one of the true

  • C-27J decision still uncertain

    The future of the newly opened C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft Schoolhouse at Robins is in doubt in the wake of a recent Air Force announcement, but the contractor for the project said the school isn't likely to leave anytime soon. The schoolhouse officially opened in December, but recently the Air Force

  • Robins command chief bids fond farewell

    With 24 years in the Air Force and as a veteran of numerous combat deployments, Chief Master Sgt. Harold "Buddy" Hutchison thought his time in the combat zone was about over. Serving the past two years as the installation command chief, however, gave him a change of heart. Working with Airmen here

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