News Search

News

  • Simulated emergency to test response capabilities for Team Robins

    Doing the right thing during an emergency is essential to a positive outcome. The same is true in a simulated emergency, such as in the case of the Emergency Management Exercise that will take place during the April Operational Readiness Inspection at Robins. Whether it's a simulated plane crash or

  • Preparing for the final exam

    An out of place C-130 Hercules on Taxiway J1 was the setting March 11 as members of the Robins Community tested their readiness for a real-time emergency. The exercise was designed to test the base's first responder's reaction to an on-base emergency. The scenario involved the C-130, which caught

  • Robins DRMO does the 'green thing'

    Fans of the Web site www.freecycle.org who thought the concept of reuse in a vast network was a new idea, should take a second look at the Robins Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office. For Department of Defense members and federal and state agencies "new to you" equipment or merchandise may be

  • Pine Oaks Lodge upgrades make for better home away from home

    The Pine Oaks Lodge is working to help its guests breathe easier. In January 2007, the lodge began a $1.2 million renovation project which included a new ventilation system. About 43 bathrooms received the new ventilation systems. It was part of an effort to give guests a better home away from home.

  • Flight test group helps determine when aircrafts are 'airworthy'

    When it comes to ensuring many of the Air Force's pilots are safe in the cockpit, the flight crews of the 413th Flight Test Group are on the job. Flight crews from the 413th FTG, a tenant unit at Robins, are stationed throughout the nation to help conduct functional flight tests. The group is a

  • AFMC Sport Bike Course to teach bike safety at Robins

    Robins is among several Air Force Materiel Command bases to host a Sport Bike Course to teach riders how to be safer. Robins began training instructors for the sport bike course March 3 and will continue preparing people to teach the course through March 15. The Sport Bike Course, an Air Mobility

  • Waste water treatment plant embraces VPP challenge

    The supervisor and operators of the Robins waste water treatment plant had no reservations about accepting the Bronze Star challenge of the Voluntary Protection Program last October. As far as the plant's staff is concerned, they have been on the VPP journey for the last seven years. "I've always

  • Deployment readiness a vital skill

    Being ready to deploy is a key factor for the Operational Readiness Inspection in April. It's a skill Robins Airmen are on top of. Col. Patrick Higby, 78th Mission Support Group commander, who is the daytime Warrior Air Base commander and Emergency Operations Center director for the ORI, said Airmen

  • Robins to get regional contracting center

    As early as fiscal 2010, Robins will be the home to a regional contracting center. The new center will handle Air Force contracting for bases in five southeastern states and will bring several hundred new jobs to Robins. The new center is one of several changes taking place as part of the

Robins News Archives