| Robins Air Force Base | |||||||
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| Warner Robins, Georgia in the United States of America | |||||||
 A C-5 Galaxy undergoing modifications during 2011 at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°38′24″N 083°35′30″W / 32.64000°N 83.59167°W | ||||||
| Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Website | www.robins.af.mil | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1941 – 1942 | ||||||
| In use | 1942 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Lindsay Droz | ||||||
| Garrison | 78th Air Base Wing (Host) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: WRB, ICAO: KWRB, FAA LID: WRB, WMO: 722175 | ||||||
| Elevation | 89.6 metres (294 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||
Robins Air Force Base (IATA: WRB, ICAO: KWRB) is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, 18 mi (29 km) south-southeast of Macon and approximately 100 mi (160 km) south-southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The base is named in honor of Brig Gen Augustine Warner Robins, the Air Force's "father of logistics".[2] The base is the single largest industrial complex in Georgia, employing a workforce of over 25,584 civilian, contractor, and military members.[3]
Robins AFB is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC) (FLZ) which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. The commander of WR-ALC is Colonel Deedrick L. Reese .[4] It is one of three Air Force Air Logistic Complexes, the others being Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
The host unit at Robins AFB is the 78th Air Base Wing (78 ABW) which provides services and support for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex and its tenant organizations.
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Robins AFB (KWRB)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ "Robins AFB". www.militarybases.us. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Deedrick Reese".