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Robins Air Force Base

May 29, 2009
Sport Bike course offered at Robins

The Military Sport Bike Rider Course is a one day course for Experienced Rider Course graduates who operate a sport bike. Riders must have a minimum of one year experience. The course consists of approximately 3.5 hours of classroom activities and 4.5 hours of riding. While the procedures for riding
May 21, 2009
Mentoring program aims to plant seeds of interst in minds of future engineers

Forty students from two local middle schools may have felt like they hit the lottery when they received free laptop computers. But luck played no part in the gift; it was because of the students' involvement in a mentoring program called Area Coalition for Education-Excellence. The program targets
May 21, 2009
AF kicks off Critical Days of Summer campaign

Safety officials at Robins are hoping for the same results with the 101 Critical Days of Summer Campaign this year as it had in 2008. The Air Force campaign, which has the theme "We're Saving Lives This Summer," is aimed at preventing off-duty accidents of base employees during the Memorial Day
May 21, 2009
Safety takes center stage at ESOH fair

Team Robins members flocked to Robins Park on Wednesday for the annual Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Fair. The fair included dozens of exhibits related to health and safety issues, along with commercial exhibits featuring tools and other work-place supplies. Lisa King manned a booth
May 21, 2009
Small things matter in energy-saving efforts

A lot of big things are being done at Robins to help meet the goal of reducing energy costs, such as using more energy-efficient lighting and replacing heating and air systems, but it's the little things where Team Robins members can help. This Memorial Day weekend, the energy office is reminding
May 21, 2009
Corporate president shares vision of effective leadership, safety

Successful and effective leaders will care for the well-being of their workers, both on and off the job. This was just one of the many messages shared by Tony Charaf, president of Delta Technical Operations, to an audience of approximately 300 people. Mr. Charaf's lecture, given at the Century of
May 21, 2009
Units' improvement come to life via story boards

Team Robins members will be at the Department of Defense's upcoming Continuous Process Improvement Symposium to tell the story of process improvements here. Out of four "story boards" from the Air Force Materiel Command selected for the symposium, to be held June 1-3, Robins had two of them, said
May 21, 2009
Robins prepares for hurricane season

Although not on the coastline, Robins is not immune from tropical weather and the staff in the Robins weather flight are once more preparing for hurricane season. "Preparedness and situational awareness are crucial during the tropical season," said Roddy Nixon, senior meteorologist with the 78th
May 21, 2009
Three-hour bird walk attracts bird watchers

People came from around the state for a bird-watching expedition at Robins on Saturday, but once they got here they didn't have to go far to see the diversity of avian wildlife. Bob Sargent, natural resources manager at Robins, brought a group of 16 people to the lodge at Luna Lake to start the bird
May 21, 2009
Robins worker leads AF team to victory

The All-Air Force men's basketball team, which has close ties to Robins, won the Armed Forces Basketball Tournament for the fourth consecutive year. The team held its training camp at Robins, and its entire coaching staff is from Robins, and a key player is stationed here. The team went 6-0 to win