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  • Summer Safety Focus

    Summer – A time to enjoy family, friends, and practice good risk management

    As Airmen approach and plan for summer activities, leadership at all levels should take the time to discuss risk management and highlight hazards Airmen may encounter during the upcoming months. The Air Force’s top three leaders began that conversation in a tri-signature memorandum recently sent to all Airmen.
  • The 2019 Air Force Photo Contest runs May 1-31 and features five entry categories. For more information on the contest, visit www.myairforcelife.com. (U.S. Air Force graphic by AFSVA)

    2019 Air Force Photo Contest opens soon

    The annual contest, managed by the Air Force Services Activity, highlights and celebrates photography created by Airmen and their families.

  • Local race goes to the top

    In the U.S. there are more than 1,100 marathons to choose from.Being listed as a "top 50 U.S. road race to attempt in your lifetime" by the travel website www.holidaylettings.com, which is part of TripAdvisor, is quite an achievement for the Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K Race.The race, held in January, hosted 900
  • Francesco Kozerski, Global Web Advisors, sets up his camera to capture interior and exterior images at the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The photos will be used to create a 360-degree virtual tour of each building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)

    Museum of Aviation gets its Google on

    The Museum of Aviation is going virtual - on Google, that is.Using technology designed by NASA for the space station, Francesco Kozerski from Global Web Advisors spent two full days documenting the inside and outside of each building."We're doing this project on a completely voluntary basis," he said.Kozerski comes from an Air Force family. His

  • 'Until They Come Home'

    Though many of us may never fully understand what they endured, Team Robins and the local community will have a chance to formally honor America's prisoners of war and those missing in action. The Robins POW/MIA organization's annual recognition ceremony will be Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Museum of Aviation's Hangar One in observance of the national

  • Military Retiree Appreciation weekend scheduled for Sept. 26

    The Retiree Activities Office is sponsoring its annual Military Retiree Appreciation Weekend Sept. 26 through 28. The event offers Robins Air Force Base and community partners an opportunity to recognize and provide information to the retired military population. A job fair at the Heritage Club kicks off the weekend Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Capt. Brandon Reed, 78th Medical Group Optometry deputy flight commander, gives the Physical Therapy Clinic’s AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill a test run Sept. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Aspera)

    NASA-designed Anti-Gravity Treadmill now serving Robins

    It's not rocket science, but it's pretty close. Though it may appear to be an apparatus from a sci-fi movie, the NASA-designed AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill has found a home in the Physical Therapy Clinic at the 78th Medical Group. The device is the new generation of treadmills for physical rehabilitation, resulting in faster recovery causing less

  • Safety event draws 200-plus

    More than 200 military and civilian members gathered at the base theater Tuesday to learn about important survival tactics related to motorcycle safety. The event, which included two separate hour-long sessions, was presented by the Robins Installation Safety Office. Lead training instructors Don Johnson and John Paolozzi discussed various

  • Military Retiree Appreciation weekend scheduled for Sept. 26

    The Retiree Activities Office is sponsoring the Annual Military Retiree Appreciation Weekend, Sept. 26 through 28. The event offers Robins Air Force Base and community partners an opportunity to recognize and inform the retired military population. A job fair at the Heritage Club kicks off the weekend Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday's
  • Brian Shreve, Rev-Up reporter (left), and Lewayne Davis, Robins Aero Club chief flight instructor, take one of the club's Piper Warrior III aircraft for a spin above Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The club was once limited to active duty personnel and Department of Defense civilians. On-base flying lessons are now available to all Middle Georgia residents following a recent partnership between the club and the local community. Base and local residents interested in signing up for flying lessons at the Robins Aero Club should call (478) 926-4867. (U.S. Air Force photo/Paul Wenzel)

    Come fly with me ... Base Aero Club gets students away from it all

    It was somewhere between the ground and the first 300 feet when my stomach unexpectedly dropped to the floorboard. I actually closed my eyes for a few seconds, holding it in while Lewayne Davis, Robins Aero Club chief flight instructor, handled the airplane with an old-school Steve McQueen bravado, as if he were routinely driving a Honda to
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