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  • New Museum of Aviation exhibit celebrates 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment

    On the morning of Oct. 17, four buses rolled to a stop in front of the Museum of Aviation, and when the doors opened, men in their 80s and 90s stepped gingerly out into the picture-perfect day. Many had canes; some were in wheel chairs and most sported hearing aids. After having medallions draped

  • Robins Fire Prevention week educates how to prevent fire

    Robins Fire Emergency Services held several events last week to give children and adults tips on preventing home fires, but for those who missed it Assistant Fire Chief Tom Kennedy summed it up in two words. "Common sense," Mr. Kennedy said. "I couldn't use that enough." The education effort, which

  • Virtual servers help Robins 'go green'

    Robins is changing the way computers interact in order to significantly reduce the number of servers through "virtualization," which conserves energy and improves operating efficiency. Virtualization involves making computers work together through a virtual server rather than a physical one, said

  • Robins trio nets $10K

    When the Programmable Signal Data Processor, a high-speed computer designed to drive one or more cockpit displays aboard the F-15 aircraft, looked like its life would be cut short, three workers at Robins knew something had to be done to save it. Robert Foster, an equipment specialist in the 407th

  • Air Force to ship 18 cargo planes to Afghanistan

    The deal is done for the Air Force to ship 18 G-222 cargo planes to the Afghanistan National Army Air Corp. Officials signed the $287 million contract at Robins on Sept. 29. The Italian-built planes are being purchased from Alenia North America and will be refurbished, with 16 to serve as medium

  • EDIS helps children of active-duty members

    Grace Furr was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a condition where the left ventricle of the heart doesn't properly form. Staff Sgt. Robert Furr, a network manager in the Integrated Network Operations Security Center East Detachment 1 in the 83rd Network Operations Squadron, and Laura Furr,

  • T-38 Talon lever fix is a success story

    Members of the 573rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron at Robins are putting in some long hours to make sure Air Force pilot training doesn't come to a virtual halt. Many members of the squadron have been working 10-hour days, seven days a week to make a new aileron actuator lever for the T-38 Talon

  • 402nd Software Group focuses on safety during Wingman picnic, sports day

    On Oct. 3 more than 500 people turned out at Freedom Park for a day of sports, fun, food and safety. The 402nd Software Maintenance Group conducted its wingman picnic and field day, and safety was a key focus for the entire event. "Each squadron hosted an event and were graded on the various

  • Robins Airman helps nab repeat title on AF women’s softball team

    For the second year in a row, Senior Airman Toni Epps represented Robins on the Air Force women's softball team that took the gold medal in the 2008 Armed Forces Softball Championship. Hailed by her coach for her versatility, Epps helped the team defeat teams from the Army, Navy and Marines to take

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