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  • Former player turns to officiating to stay in game

    For many athletes, growing older means watching our favorite sports from the bleachers, but for Terrance Isom staying off the basketball court was not an option. This is why Isom started tearing up the courts as a basketball official in the late 1990s. "I didn't want to give it up totally. This was

  • 402nd AMXG supervisor retires after 42 years

    Joel Culpepper's love of aircraft drew him to Robins in 1966. Forty-two years later, the Warner Robins native is retiring with fond memories of a career marked by good friends and milestones in aviation history. Mr. Culpepper, an industrial production supervisor in the 402nd Aircraft Maintenance

  • Commissary's meat department cuts down competition to win regional award

    The Robins Commissary was recently named the best meat department in a large commissary for the East region of the Defense Commissary Agency. Members of the meat department team were thrilled to receive recognition for their commitment to serving the needs of their customers as they process more

  • 101 Critical Days reaches halfway mark, safety still paramount

    As the 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign reaches its halfway point, Robins' safety officials remind people that watching out for others' actions is an important part of ensuring one's own safety. A recent motorcycle accident involving an officer in the Air Force Reserve Command at Robins

  • Robins Airmen say 'no sweat' to BMI initiative

    An Air Force Materiel Command initiative released in late 2007 called for Airmen to shrink their Body Mass Index by 10 percent in the first half of 2008. Robins active-duty military put their minds to it and reduced their BMI by 16.2 percent. Staff Sgt. Shawn Moore, an aerospace medicine journeyman

  • 653rd CLSS lends helping hand to wounded Kadena bird

    Seventeen members from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron didn't know quite what they were getting into when they recently headed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, to repair a grounded MC-130P Combat Shadow. True to the group's form, however, they rolled up their sleeves and used their skills to

  • Minor growth hiccup relieved following removal of long-buried propane tank

    Robins engineers recently unearthed a propane tank that was interfering with a planned constructions project. An underground propane gas tank, which was buried in front of Bldg. 128 in the early to mid 1970s, became of particular concern when plans to change the area's infrastructure surfaced. "The

  • Robins VDATS tester deploys on first real-world mission

    A crowd of Robins team members gathered together July 9 to celebrate a milestone in the base's mission to establish a universal tester for the depot. The Versatile Depot Automatic Test Station was put to the test as it examined its first production asset in its career as an Air Force and Department

  • 116th ACW earns AF outstanding unit award

    The 116th Air Control Wing knows how to make hard work look easy. The unit recently earned its 14th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, the 116th ACW's third such accolade since it became the first blended unit with active-duty and Air National Guard members in October 2002. Maj. Gen. Scott Hammond,

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