Aug. 27, 2015 Robins J-STARS wing takes part in exercise that melds live, virtual events With lines, dots and squares dominating the screen in the Joint STARS Mission and Maintenance Trainer Simulator, it may not seem like much in the gaming world.But, this is no video game, and the stakes could mean the difference between life and death.Joint STARS -- a one-of-a-kind weapon system --
Aug. 26, 2015 Team Robins remembers Hurricane Katrina 10 years later The stories tell the same tales. The destruction Hurricane Katrina left when it made landfall Aug. 29, 2005, was immense. Now 10 years later, Robins team members are sharing their stories of what it was like during and after the storm."The devastation was unbelievable," said Marty Cain, 78th Air
Aug. 25, 2015 AF, Ohio-based small business develop chemical-, herbicide-free weed zapper Anyone with a lawn or a beautiful flower or vegetable garden, has surely wondered about the best method of controlling or eliminating weeds. Using chemicals and herbicides can help, but chemicals may introduce a risk to wildlife, or pollinating insects like bees, in the area of treatment.Performing
Aug. 25, 2015 Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians The Air Force released a policy memo Aug. 24 allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault
Aug. 25, 2015 On the radar: Robins lab to support C-5 software, hardware upgrades The C-5 System Integration Lab here has been prepping to accommodate upcoming changes to the weapon system's color weather radar capabilities for the last several months.Full-scale development is now underway by Lockheed Martin Corp. to update to a new version of the color weather radar, as well as
Aug. 24, 2015 SecAF speaks on acquisition, partnerships and priorities at Hanscom During a visit to Hanscom AFB Aug. 20-21, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed her top priorities with Airmen and state officials while emphasizing the importance of the acquisition base and its partnerships."Hanscom is a unique ecosystem of engineering, technology and
Aug. 21, 2015 Major savings result from AEDC wind tunnel improvement program Replacing the Test Article Control System and Data Acquisition System feedthrough assemblies used at the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel here is saving the Arnold Engineering Development Complex more than $1 million this year.This effort is part of the Improved Transonic Test Capability, or IMTTC,
Aug. 21, 2015 Rolls-Royce continues testing latest Trent engine at AEDC The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-TEN, or Thrust, Efficiency and New Technology, engine was recently tested for performance, operability and icing certification at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility C-2 engine test cell at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.Prior to the end of the test
Aug. 21, 2015 'This is depot work - this is what this base was meant to do' Heavy structural repairs occur every single day at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, yet one in particular has received some extra attention during the last few months.As an F-15C was moving early on through programmed depot maintenance in the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, a vertical