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    78th Communications Directorate: Connecting Air Force to world

    Imagine being responsible for the maintenance of nearly 18,000 desktop and laptop computers, making sure the network those devices connect to is functioning - all while fielding hundreds of troubleshooting calls.
  • The RQ-4 Global Hawk worked on by Team Robins maintenance professionals sits on the base flight line June 29, 2017. A special ribbon cutting ceremony, signaling the early completion of work on the first RQ-4 Global Hawk at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., was held June 29. Robins is the first and only installation to have a building-based Launch and Recovery Element, allowing the aircraft to take off and land from this location. This is also the first time a Global Hawk has flown into an Air Force air logistics complex. Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex maintenance professionals meticulously painted the aircraft to prevent corrosion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan/released)

    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.
  • Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, speaks to Team Robins maintenance professionals during a special visit to the base to laud the accelerated programmed depot maintenance work being done on AFSOC aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Aspera)

    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 brought the AC-130W from Hurlburt Field, Fla., to the
  • Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, speaks to Team Robins maintenance professionals during a special visit to the base to laud the accelerated programmed depot maintenance work being done on AFSOC aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)

    Success Here = Success There! AFSOC lauds Team Robins for expedited AC-130 work

    Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, AFSOC vice commander, speaks to Team Robins maintenance professionals during a special visit to the base to laud the accelerated programmed depot maintenance work being done on AFSOC aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)
  • Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, speaks to members of Team Robins during her commanders call at the Museum of Aviation Century of Flight Hangar Jan. 18, 2017. During the commanders call, the general discussed the AFMC Strategic Plan, released in 2016, which established the following four goals: Increase AFMC's agility in order to best support the Air Force enterprise; Bolster trust and confidence of those AFMC serves; Drive cost-effectiveness into the capabilities the command provides; and, Recruit, develop and retain a diverse, high-performing and resilient team. In closing the general told the audience, "Thanks for what you do. It makes me proud to be a part of Air Force Materiel Command." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)

    Gen. Pawlikowski gets strategic at Robins Commander’s Call

    Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, provided Team Robins with an update on command strategies during a commander’s call at the Museum of Aviation Century of Flight Hangar Jan. 18.
  • A project to retrofit Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Advanced Threat Warning Systems onto the Navy C-130Js arrived at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex in fiscal 2016. It was completed ahead of schedule in early fiscal 2017 through the combined efforts of the 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the unit that performs depot-level maintenance, repair and modification for all C-5 aircraft, and the 560th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, which does the same for the C-130. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ed Aspera)

    Success Here=Success There! WR-ALC completes LAIRCM installations on Navy aircraft

    Take a group of U.S. Air Force C-5 maintainers fresh from a C-17 project. Team them with C-130 maintenance professionals and what do you get? Success for the U.S. Navy … in the sky.

  • Want to be part of a winning team?

    Do you want to be part of a winning team? Well there's no better time than the present to throw your hat in the ring. Robins Air Force Base is now hiring multiple qualified applicants as painter workers, aircraft workers and sheet metal mechanics to help ensure that Success Here = Success There!
  • Kathryn Manly, a Clayton State University senior, recently completed the Workforce Recruitment Program with the 78th Medical Group at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. To learn more about the program, visit www.wrp.gov. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shane Warren)

    Program gives college students, recent grads with disabilities work experience

    The Workforce Recruitment Program, also called WRP, is opening doors for people with disabilities. The program is a recruitment and referral tool that connects federal and private sector employers nationwide with disabled college students and recent graduates eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through temporary summer or permanent jobs.
  • Kelly Kim, 560th Software Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, replaces floor panels on an Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130H Combat Talon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)

    AFSOC workload progressing right along

     A year ago this month, plans were in the works to take on an ambitious workload that would cement an exciting partnership between Air Force Special Operations Command and the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex.  The plan: In fiscal 2016 perform programmed depot maintenance on six aircraft – three AC-130U gunships and three MC-130H Combat Talons –

  • Success Here = Success There: U.S. Forest Service to receive C-130

    What started out as an aircraft used by the Coast Guard will soon end up in the hands of the U.S. Forest Service. A C-130H that has been maintained by the 560th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is in its final stages of programmed depot maintenance here, having just wrapped up functional test procedures. The aircraft’s final visit will be to
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