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  • AF recruit drops 128 pounds to enlist

    Will Sims will enter basic training Monday as one of the Air Force's newest recruits. It is a significant milestone in a wild journey that began more than a year ago, when this young man set forth to overcome an obstacle thatĀ could keepĀ others with less determination and resolve out of the military.

  • Robins workers moonlight as volunteer firefighters

    When Staff Sgt. Michael Steele and Senior Airman Tyrone Moreland aren't defending their country, they're defending people's property and lives. Sergeant Steele and Senior Airman Tyrone Moreland, who are both maintenance operations controllers in the 5th Combat Communications Support Squadron at

  • Panel discusses efforts to renew Robins work force

    When it comes to developing a workforce capable of supporting the warfighter for generations to come, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center is breaking the mold. In October members of the WR-ALC joined the Aero-space Industry Committee, Defense Acquisition Univer-sity and Macon State College to

  • Group Control Center gets new home with $400K in upgrades

    When it comes to preparing for the unexpected, members of the 402nd Electronic Maintenance Group's Group Control Center are ready and able to ensure their peers are safe and accounted for. And now they have a new, state-of-the-art facility to help make it happen. Members of the group agree the GCC's

  • AtHoc System enables base officials to push out emergency messages

    Getting information out quickly when an emergency strikes or weather threatens is important for workers at the Robins Command Post. The AtHoc System, which combines a network alerting capability with a reliable emergency notification management system, now helps keep people informed. The system came

  • Electronic warfare symposium draws big crowd

    More than 1,000 people in the electronic warfare profession from the government and private industry turned out for the 33rd Annual 542nd Combat Sustainment Group and Dixie Crows Electronic Warfare Symposium at the Museum of Aviation March 16-20. About 50 exhibitors set up more than 60 booths

  • 33rd annual Dixie Crow symposium begins Sunday at Museum of Aviation

    The 33rd Annual 542nd Combat Sustainment Group and Dixie Crow Electronic Warfare Symposium will be held at the Georgia Museum of Aviation March 16-20. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center's 542nd CSG and the Dixie Crow Chapter of the Association of Old Crows, a

  • Simulated emergency to test response capabilities for Team Robins

    Doing the right thing during an emergency is essential to a positive outcome. The same is true in a simulated emergency, such as in the case of the Emergency Management Exercise that will take place during the April Operational Readiness Inspection at Robins. Whether it's a simulated plane crash or

  • Preparing for the final exam

    An out of place C-130 Hercules on Taxiway J1 was the setting March 11 as members of the Robins Community tested their readiness for a real-time emergency. The exercise was designed to test the base's first responder's reaction to an on-base emergency. The scenario involved the C-130, which caught