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  • Robins set to host Air Force men's basketball team tryouts

    Robins will have strong ties with the Air Force men's basketball team in the upcoming Armed Forces tournament, starting with the fact that tryouts and practice will be held here. Airmen from around the globe will come to Robins beginning April 17 to try to make the team. The coach, assistant coach

  • Three 560th ACSG engineers receive command-level honors

    Three members of the 560th Aircraft Sustainment Group have been named outstanding engineers in the Air Force Materiel Command. The awards were among the 2009 Science, Engineering and Technical Management Awards announced on April 3. 1st Lt. Nicholas J. Battle won the Junior Military Engineer Award

  • Robins combats DUIs with education, action plans

    A page showing the latest instance of it is the first thing to come up on every computer screen turned on at Robins. Meetings are regularly held about it. Every first sergeant preaches against it. A 24/7 phone line is set up and manned with volunteers ready to devote their own time and gas money to

  • Safety campaign revs up for second round

    Motorcycles are normally in the minority on the road, and that's part of the danger, said Donn Johnson, senior motorcycle safety instructor at Robins. When motorists check for other vehicles, Mr. Johnson said, they are typically looking for a car or truck, not a motorcycle. That's why, he said,

  • Group commander bids farewell to Robins

    After nearly two years as 78th Mission Support Group commander, Col. Patrick Higby will soon be moving on to tackle an even greater challenge. Colonel Higby will be the new commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, with Monday being his last day at Robins. "Being a wing

  • Robins sports best mid-size chapel in Air Force

    For the first time, the Base Chapel at Robins has been named Chapel of the Year in the Air Force in the medium-sized category. After winning medium Chapel of the Year in the Air Force Materiel Command, the Robins Base Chapel went on the win the Terence P. Finnegan Award as best medium chapel in the

  • 78th LRS grabs intramural basketball championship

    Three times this year the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron faced the 116th Air Control Wing in intramural basketball and three times the 78th LRS lost. It was a different story when the base championship was on the line Wednesday night. In the double-elimination tournament, the 78th LRS beat the

  • 402nd EMXG aims for Shingo Prize

    The 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group is under consideration for one of the most coveted awards for manufacturing excellence, The Shingo Prize. A team from The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence visited the 402nd EMXG on Monday and Tuesday to gauge how well the group is following Shingo

  • Robins to receive $35M under Recovery Act

    Robins will receive more than $35 million for 77 construction projects under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a Department of Defense announcement. The projects include construction of a parking lot valued at $12,000 and nearly $4 million in repairs to the base's runway.

  • Traffic Study gives true view of travel patterns

    In a series of commander's calls held last year, one of the most common questions had to do with the time it takes to get through security check points to enter Robins. Some complained that it took 15 to 20 minutes of waiting to get through the gates. To address those concerns, Security Forces

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