News

July 1, 2010
Space study documenting building use, efficiency by the square foot

A small team at Robins is doing painstaking work in buildings throughout the base, with possible ramifications for how space is used in the future. The Space Optimization Tiger Team is made up of six people who in pairs go through buildings with a laser measuring device and a tablet computer. Unless
July 1, 2010
5th CCG hosts technology showcase, vendors give crowd view of new gadgets

Team Robins members attended the 5th Combat Communications Group's 2nd Annual Technology Showcase last week to see the hottest new tactical communications gadgets. Approximately two dozen vendors showcased a wide variety of products, from high-tech communications equipment to low-tech items such as
June 25, 2010
Wingman Survival Resources

The Air Force's Wingman Stand Down 2010 was in May, but that doesn't mean Airmen's focus should shift away from safety and well-being. "As the Air Force continues this year's 101 Critical Days of Summer, I would like to reinforce the importance of the Wingman concept," said Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air
June 25, 2010
New device heralds WR-ALC

A group of Team Robins members, businesses and community members joined together recently to create a new heraldic device for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. Military tradition calls for commanders to bring the device to CORONA to "herald" their units in meetings with other commanders. The
June 25, 2010
Future bright for organic Global Hawk workload

A team in the 402nd Software Maintenance Group last week had a successful test of software it developed to assess the aft power and discrete controller on a Global Hawk. The unit is basically the computer which controls the power on the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance
June 25, 2010
Museum sheds light on energy

The Museum of Aviation knows a thing or two about saving energy. Since fiscal 2008, the museum has successfully reduced its overall electrical usage by more than 10 percent, saving nearly $26,000 on its annual electric utility bill. The museum's "in-house" initiatives have included installing
June 25, 2010
Marine landing signals new mission

As dozens of people stood in front of a new hangar Friday, a distant "thump, thump, thump" sound reverberated across the sky, heralding a change coming to Robins. The sound was made by two Marine helicopters inbound from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Atlanta to their new home in the 116th Air Control
June 25, 2010
Center committed to VPP, worker safety

The Voluntary Protection Program at Robins is a huge success - more than 300 Commander's Challenge Safe Sites and one of only 31 OSHA Star Sites in the Department of Defense - due to the direct involvement of nearly every member of Team Robins. The Challenge provides a framework and the motivation
June 18, 2010
Joint exercise tests communications capabilities in simulated combat environment

Communications specialists in the military spend a lot of time practicing their craft, but usually when they do so they are communicating with members of their own unit. In a combat environment, however, they are communicating with many other units throughout the Air Force and even from other
June 18, 2010
Carpooling pays

Robins officials are continually looking for ways to improve traffic on base, and are encouraging the use of a government-funded Transportation Incentive Program as one solution. To help motivate workers to carpool, the federal government implemented the TIP, a benefit program aimed at offsetting