News

Aug. 28, 2008
AN/MSN-7 Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower keeps skies safer in theater

Ensuring a safe flying environment can be challenging for air traffic controllers, especially at a Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources Base. The Air Force is coupling some of its state-of-the-art technology with the expertise of its combat communications professionals to meet this challenge. Most
Aug. 22, 2008
Robins Basic Rider Course gives motorcyclists tools for safe, defensive driving

Senior Airman Ken Zupkow has been a motorcyclist for six years, but he still has a lot to learn. The 21-year-old Pittsburgh, Pa., native who is an airborne radar technician in the 116th Air Control Wing's 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, said Robins' Basic Rider Course gave him the tools
Aug. 22, 2008
Motorcycle campaign targets awareness, mutual respect

At Robins, one motorcycle accident, on-or off-base, is one too many. For that reason, the base is implementing the "See Me, Save Me" motorcycle awareness campaign. It's an initiative aimed at educating automobile and motorcycle drivers alike about mutual respect and awareness on roadways. Col. Debra
Aug. 22, 2008
566th EMXS flight uses AFSO21, VPP to earn Pinnacle Award

The 566th Electronics Maintenance Squadron's Avionics and Instruments Flight, formerly known as the N-1 Gyro Shop, had been doing business as usual for years. After taking a look at their process through the lenses of Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century and the Voluntary Protection
Aug. 22, 2008
Robins aggressive groundwater treatment mediation process moves ahead of schedule

Robins is making great strides in cleaning up contaminated water at a number of sites on base and the base's groundwater treatment plant is central to the process. Fred Hursey, Environmental Programming Branch chief in the 78th Civil Engineer Group's Environmental Management Division, said the
Aug. 21, 2008
Historical flight could lead to a future less dependent on foreign oil

Team Robins made history Aug. 19 during an afternoon test flight of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The test flight was like none other before as the fighter jet embarked on its first flight using synthetic fuel. The flight ended Tuesday as Retreat signaled the end of another work day, but for those lucky
Aug. 15, 2008
MH-53 helicopter gives incentive flights before permanent bed down at Museum of Aviation

An MH-53 J/M "Pave Low IV" special operations aircraft that flew in the Vietnam War and most recently in Operation Iraqi Freedom found its final home at the Museum of Aviation on Aug. 13. The 37-year-old veteran aircraft that has flown operations in Southeast Asia, Bosnia and, most recently, Iraq,
Aug. 15, 2008
Teen earns Eagle award despite challenges of military family life

Maj. Eddie Taylor, 78th Force Support Squadron deputy director, always wanted his sons, Austin and Vincent, to experience all the Boy Scouts could offer. In October 2005, Vincent, now 19, earned the rank of Eagle Scout. His 16-year-old brother recently followed in his footsteps, earned his Eagle
Aug. 15, 2008
Goins youngest Scout in Robins Troop 220 to earn Eagle award

Saadiq Goins is 12 years and nine months old. And being three months shy of 13 is a significant factor in Saadiq's recent success. Those three months earn him the honor of being the youngest Boy Scout in Robins Troop 220 to earn Eagle Scout. "I am pretty impressed with him," said Jerry Brown,
Aug. 15, 2008
Parking lot to close for new facility construction

The addition of a new aircraft component repair facility will leave a few members of Team Robins changing their morning routine as 316 parking spaces disappear. The construction project will close down a parking lot on the corner of Robins Parkway and Richard Ray Boulevard on the evening of Sept. 4.