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  • 70 Years of Flight: The C-130's legacy and future

    Since its first flight Aug. 23, 1954, the C-130 has proven to be one of the most versatile and active aircraft in the Air Force’s fleet, having carried troops and supplies from the tundra of Antarctica, to the deserts of the Middle East, to the tropical islands of the Pacific, and nearly everywhere

  • Volunteers step up for ALS renovation

    While Airmen were preparing themselves for future leadership roles, volunteers were decking the Staff Sgt. Felicia R. Rivers Airman Leadership School’s walls with a fresh coat of paint and mementos of the past. It has been more than a decade since anyone has spruced up the school’s interior. Master

  • Job well done!

    A special ribbon cutting ceremony, signaling the early completion of work on the first RQ-4 Global Hawk at Robins, was held on the base flight line June 29. The arrival of this unmanned aerial vehicle marks the first time an aircraft of this type has flown in to an Air Force air logistics complex.

  • Up with the sun

    The RQ-4 Global Hawk that Team Robins maintenance professionals have been working on sits on the runway at Robins, June 29, 2017. Robins is the first and currently the only installation to have a building-based Launch and Recovery Element, allowing the aircraft to take off and land from this

  • Base technicians keep a weather radar ready to track a storm

    The Air Force uses long range detection systems to track enemy forces, but what if the enemy is a severe storm? Well there is a high–tech radar that serves as an early warning system to tell everyone to take cover when a dangerous storm is coming. What looks like a golf ball for the Jolly Green

  • AFSOC general returns to thank Robins maintainers; provides gunship tour

     As promised by the Air Force Special Operations Command vice commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex C-130 sustainment workers were treated to a Feb. 9 tour inside an AC-130W gunship fully loaded with the latest modifications.  Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, and his crew

  • Port in a Storm: Team Robins offers assistance during Hurricane Matthew

    In response to Hurricane Matthew’s steady trek along the coast of the southeastern U.S. last week, Team Robins members stood ready to respond when needed. As mandatory evacuation orders were included for Georgia coastal counties such as Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden counties,

  • Thunderbird pilot meets with Starbase Robins students

    Maj. Scott Petz, pilot of the No. 8 Thunderbird jet, met with Starbase students at the Museum of Aviation Sept. 29. Starbase Robins is a Department of Defense program which mentors children in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Petz’s mission was to inspire the fifth graders to not only

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