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  • Credit, debit cards compromised

    Many Robins employees in the past week have reported being victims of credit card fraud.Several transactions late last week at a few base locations, including the Base Restaurant, resulted in erroneous charges on several patrons' credit and debit cards.The Warner Robins Police Department and the Air

  • Robins nets 100th VPP Gold Safe Site

    Two units making up a small shop together became the 100th Gold Site in the Commander's Safe Site Challenge. The 406th Supply Chain Management Squadron's Specialty Packaging Shop and the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Package and Crating Shop jointly were awarded gold site status Tuesday

  • AMXS DMO driving force behind unit’s dispute resolution

    As a designated management official, Mary Ann Montano's job is to represent management in disputes with labor, but she doesn't see it as a case of "us versus them." Her mission, she said, is to do what's right for everyone involved. "My philosophy is to do the right thing," she said. "If you do the

  • Competition tests 116th ACW aircrew skills

    With the help of sophisticated computer programs and display screens, air battle managers and airborne operations specialists from the 116th Air Control Wing planned missions and conducted operations last week against competitors from across Air Combat Command. The competition, known as a turkey

  • Robins teams with Navy to deliver automatic wire test set

    A joint effort between a Robins acquisitions team and the Navy culminated last week in the delivery of an automatic wire test set aimed at simplifying and standardizing aircraft wire testing across a range of platforms. Program manager Thomas Reynolds presented Jan Ewing, a C-5 engineer at Robins,

  • Heart Link, Immersion Tour provides insight for military spouses

    Spouses new to military life are encouraged to sign up for the upcoming quarterly Heart Link class and Spouse Immersion Tour set for Aug. 13. Organized by the Airman & Family Readiness Center, the expanded day-long event introduces military spouses to the Air Force and to the many helping agencies

  • Robins alternative for MC-12W program

    The Air Force last week designated Beale Air Force Base, Calif. as the preferred location for the MC-12W. Robins, meanwhile, was designated one of two "reasonable alternative" locations for the aircraft. A final decision on the MC-12W basing is expected in the spring. Earlier this year, Air Force

  • First-time speeders could lose base driving privileges

    It doesn't necessarily take an accumulation of tickets for motorists to lose their base driving privileges. It can happen in an instant when drivers are showing a serious lack of caution. Two Airmen learned the hard way recently when they were charged with reckless driving and speeding for taking

  • Robins major receives Bronze Star

    Maj. Wade Cornelius made his first extended deployment to Afghanistan count. Cornelius, 402nd Maintenance Wing executive officer, was awarded the Bronze Star last week by Brig. Gen. Lee Levy, the wing's commander. The major received the honor for his year of service in Afghanistan starting in