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  • Second Lt. D’Anthony Harris, 413th Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical readiness officer, poses for a photo at Antioch Christian Tabernacle April 18, 2017, in Warner Robins, Georgia. Harris serves as a preacher at the church. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)

    Double victory: Airman finds new outlook through faith

    Showing off his freshly-pinned gold bars that reflected a smile of quiet pride, 2nd Lt. D ’Anthony Harris stood before family, friends and co-workers on this very special day. Fighting to hold back the tidal wave of emotions rushing his psyche, he paused to acknowledge the long, storied journey that led him to this defining moment. “My life has
  • Tech. Sgt. Amanda Colbert, 413th Force Support Flight NCO in charge of customer support, poses for a portrait April 6, 2017, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Colbert is responsible for ensuring the success of the unit’s newcomers program, updating members’ records, processing casualty claims, and the base’s Unit Training Assembly Participation System, among other items. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)

    Tech. Sgt. Amanda Colbert

    Tech. Sgt. Amanda Colbert is a 413th Force Support Flight NCO in charge of customer support who joined the Air Force Reserve with a chip on her shoulder and a goal in sight. Being the first person in her family to graduate high school, she wanted to take it a step further and attain a college degree as well. “I think it was something I pushed
  • Senior Master Sgt. Todd Wylie, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-5 flight engineer, performs pre-flight checks to a C-5M Super Galaxy March 29, 2017, at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Wylie has been with the squadron for eight years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)

    Engineers keep C-5 flight ready

  • Master Sgt. Robert Self, 370th Flight Test Squadron, following his final flight Jan. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Higgins)

    Love for flying kept last KC-135 flight engineer flying for decades

    After a career that has spanned almost four decades, the last Air Force flight engineer for the KC-135 Stratotanker is set to retire at Edwards. Master Sgt. Robert Self joined the U.S. Marine Corps in November 1978 and will wrap up his military career next month as a full-time Air Force reservist with the 370th Flight Test Squadron. With
  • From left to right: Master Sgt. Aaron Ray, Senior Master Sgt. Scott Scurlock, and Tech. Sgt. Colin Wernecke of the 370th Flight Test Squadron pose for a photo in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker test aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)

    Edwards boom operators set sight on future KC-46 testing

    Earlier this year in Everett, Washington, workers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Detachment 1, and Boeing teamed to achieve major test milestones for the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker, which resulted in the Department of Defense authorizing initial production in August.   Going forward in the test program, the KC-46 will complete a
  • B-52 pilots with the 10th Flight Test Squadron thoroughly check every section of their planes to assure that they are running correctly. (Air Force photo by Kelly White/Released)

    10th Flight Test Squadron: troublemakers on a mission

    Confident from daily encounters with danger and thousands of hours flying military and civilian aircraft, the pilots and crews of the 10th Flight Test Squadron also happen to be the biggest troublemakers on Tinker Air Force Base.They'd be out of a job if they weren't.The 38-member Air Force Reserve Command squadron led by Lt. Col. Scott Wilson

  • Robins to gain new mission, 339th to expand with E-8C air crew

    There are a few job openings in the 339th Flight Test Squadron at Robins.If you're specifically looking to continue a flying career aboard the E-8C's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, also based here, there's an opportunity to do just that.The flight test squadron's mission will expand with the addition of five positions supporting
  • Bldg. 12 is the new home of the 339th Flight Test Squadron, which includes a team of F-15, C-5 and C-130 test pilots, flight crew members, parachute packers and support staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)

    Flight test squadron settles in at former alert facility

    There's new life inside Bldg. 12. It isn't every day a dynamic operational flying squadron here moves into a newly-renovated historical building - with ties to the Cold War - and just steps from the Robins flight line.Its new occupants are members of the 339th Flight Test Squadron, which includes a team of F-15, C-5 and C-130 test pilots, flight
  • Lt. Col. James "G-Man" Doyle, an Air Force Reserve pilot with the 514th Flight Test Squadron here, made an emergency landing in an A-10 that averted a possible disaster. (U.S. Air Force/Bill Orndorff)

    AFRC pilot lauded for emergency landing at Hill

    Quick thinking and good communication not only saved a $13 million aircraft and its pilot, it also averted a possible tragedy close to Hill Air Force Base.On Jan. 10, 2014, Lt. Col. James "G-Man" Doyle, an Air Force Reserve pilot with the 514th Flight Test Squadron, was taking off on a functional test flight on an A-10C Thunderbolt when he realized
  • Mark Holland, 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron mechanic, performs post-flight inspections on a returning C-5M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)

    Check 1, 2, 3... C-5M completes ground checks, goes airborne same day

    A C-5M Super Galaxy which had undergone programmed depot maintenance at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex recently experienced a rare set of events prior to its return to home station.Test pilots and flight engineers from the 339th Flight Test Squadron performed a landing gear skid check on the flight line March 18, and later that afternoon
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