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

C-17 multi-skill initiative crew delivers first Globemaster III ahead of schedule

The huge C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane that sat in front of a maintenance hangar at Robins on Oct. 6 looked no different from any other C-17, but the crew around it was unique. The crew, part of the 562nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is the first to be trained under a new "multi-skill"

Museum of Aviation unveils POW/MIA memorial

An 11-foot high granite memorial now stands on the grounds at the Museum of Aviation as a constant reminder of the sacrifice prisoners of war and military missing in action have made over the years. The memorial, which is situated between the museum's Hangar One and the Century of Flight Hangar, was

Climate Survey provides chance to be heard

The 2008 Air Force Climate Survey has opened the door for people to speak their minds and be heard. The online survey, which is available to military and civil service employees of all rank from Oct. 1- Nov. 28, is typically held every two years to measure Air Force workers' concerns about the work

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Robins Airman earns Bronze Star

In his first tour of duty in Iraq, Senior Master Sgt. Jason Stokes didn't have a lot to do. An assistant collection manager for a Joint Special Operations Task Force, he found combat missions to be sporadic. But when he deployed again in November, things had changed. The troop surge had taken place

Robins gets flu mist shipment

As the flu season begins, Robins' Allergy and Immunization Clinic is getting armed with vaccinations to help people fight off the flu virus. Robins recently received 3,000 flu mist doses and is expecting 5,000 doses of the flu shot to arrive in the near future. Master Sgt. Jack Jenkins, NCO in

Robins adds new substation

Robins is partnering with Georgia Power to create an additional electrical substation that would provide a more reliable power source for industrial areas on the north end of the base. The project is expected to be completed by early 2009. Robins currently has three electrical substations to meet

Th-1H reaches first student training flight milestone

Robins is celebrating the TH-1H's rising success. Class 09-02 in the Undergraduate Pilot Training program at Fort Rucker, Ala., took its first flight on the TH-1H helicopter trainer on Sept. 15. The aircraft transforms a Vietnam Era UH-1H, commonly called a Huey, into a modernized training platform