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  • Projects target increased energy efficiency

    Local leaders want to get Team Robins members "buzzing" about saving energy. Robins members may help in the United States' energy independence efforts through competitions like the one currently being conducted by ConocoPhillips and Penn State at www.conocophillips.com/energyprize, which award

  • Natural resource manager gives facts on snakes

    A wet winter may mean the snake population at Robins will increase. Ample rainfall means more swamp and other pools of water, and therefore more frogs and other critters snakes love to eat. Bob Sargent, natural resources manager, said although reports of people seeing snakes are not on the increase

  • Hiring push welcome news for job seekers

    A recent campaign by employment recruiters at Robins to publicize hundreds of maintenance-related job openings here is already paying dividends. The base has received more than 2,500 applications for apprenticeship program sheet metal mechanics and 2,218 applications for apprenticeship program

  • New facility’s consolidation on track with P3I plan

    The "performance" part of the P3I initiative isn't just about people performing better. A better, more efficient building in which to work can play a big role in meeting the goal of improved performance. One example is the 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group's new Aircraft Component Repair Facility

  • Annual survey draws thousands of responses

    Results from the CheckMATE survey show continued improvement in employee-supervisor engagement in the 402nd Maintenance Wing. The anonymous 12-question survey by the independent polling group Gallup measures the level of engagement between employees and supervisors. The groups use the results to

  • Air Force program rewards ingenuity

    Do you think outside the box? Does hearing the phrase "Because that's the way we've always done it" make the veins in your neck pop out? If so, the Air Force may have up to a $10,000 check for you. The Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program, or IDEA, rewards military and civilian

  • ALC hands over last MC-130W

    The final MC-130W Combat Spear to be completed at Robins is headed to the warfighter. In a ceremony Tuesday, Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, officially turned the plane over to Lt. Gen. Donald Wurster, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command.

  • P3I: HVM key factor in improving ALC's processes

    You can't talk about the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center's "Process" focus area without mentioning High Velocity Maintenance. HVM is all about putting in place standard repeatable processes to dramatically reduce maintenance downtime for C-130s and eventually other aircraft. To date, the HVM team

  • Heritage bar area to close for renovations

    Renovations are scheduled to start Tuesday on the bar area of the Heritage Club. Bar activities will temporarily relocate to the Wellston Center behind Horizons. The renovations will not interfere with Pizza Depot, the barber shop, and other activities in the building. The four-month, $240,000

  • VPP: One unit's journey to become a Gold Site

    A dozen people recently showed up at the visitor's center in front of the 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group complex. They were there to put the 300-member 568th Electronics Maintenance Squadron, which works on avionics for the F-15 Eagle, through a rigorous examination to see if it was worthy of

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