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  • SERE: Survival Class Prepares Troops

    Walking through the backwoods of Robins Air Force Base, a masked man is looking for survivors of a crashed Joint STARS aircraft that he can take captive. The masked man is Tech. Sgt. Greg M. Turner, 116th Operations Support Squadron, Survive, Evade, Resist Escape specialist. The survivors are 19

  • 116th Air Control Wing security forces troops return home from Iraq

    Emmett Whitten's family could not have been happier when he arrived at Hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta, recently. The technical sergeant was one of eighteen 116th Air Control Wing security forces troops, who were met by family, friends and community members when they returned home after

  • JSTARS Crew Named ABM of the Year

    A Joint STARS crew recently received the Air Battle Crew of the Year Award for 2006.The Air Force Association presented the award to the 24- person crew from the 116th Air Control Wing's 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron.The award recognized the members of "Crew 2" for sustained aerial

  • JSTARs Hits Milestone, Saves Lives

    A routine mission for a 16th Expeditionary Air Command and Control Squadron aircrew turned into history as they helped the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System platform pass the 20,000-combat-hour milestone Tuesday. The sortie was the 1,756th combat mission flown by the 16th, 12th and 128th

  • Injured Iraqi Catain Visits Robins

    Most people wouldn't take a bullet for a stranger, but a captain in the new Iraqi Army took a dozen.Capt. Furat, whose real name is being withheld to protect his family in Iraq, survived an attack in which he endured 12 bullet wounds -- one of which severed his spinal cord, causing paralysis rom the

  • One Life at a Time

    It's been almost a year since Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast taking homes, lives and any traces of normalcy.As time passes and media coverage dwindles most of the world seems to forget the devastation that remains. But for some, forgetting is impossible. Lt. Col. Tim Smith, who spent

  • Former Nurse Saves Chief's Life

    A golf course is normally a scene of relaxation and tranquility. This was not the case when an ordinary 18-hole outing turned into a life threatening situation. Chief Master Sgt. Robert Stewart teed off on the third hole at Robins Air Force base Golf course, May 24, and hit a great shot. "I haven't