Robins Air Force Base… A Multi-Service, Multi-Mission Installation

Robins Air Force Base is a superior large, aviation centric military installation facilitized to host a wide variety of front-line defense missions including: operational and flying missions, weapon systems management functions, Title 10 depot maintenance functions and a diverse set of DoD mission support agencies. Robins AFB is a vital part of the nation’s defense and is a critical center of operational readiness. Most importantly, Robins provides the Department of Defense (DoD) unparalleled “Military Value” with its future mission capabilities and contribution to operational readiness.

Robins Air Force Base is the largest single-site industrial complex in Georgia. It is situated on 8,435 acres and contains more than 14 million square feet of maintenance, administrative and storage facilities. Robins has the largest runway in Georgia and more than 1,400 family housing units. Currently, the base employs more than 27,020 civilian service workers, military members, contractors, and non-appropriated fund employees. Peripheral services created to serve these personnel have been roughly calculated at an additional 36,855 jobs. Together the Robins jobs plus the peripheral jobs total 63,875 jobs or approximately 30.84% of the jobs in the area! **

As a key DoD a multi-service, multi-mission installation, Robins is home to 60+ military organizations, including the Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters; the 116th Air Control Wing and its E-8C Joint Surveillance Targeting and Attack Radar System aircraft; the 5th Combat Communications Group; the 19th Air Refueling Group and its KC-135R Stratotankers; the 339th Flight Test Group; Defense Contract Management Agency; Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office; Defense Security Agency; and the Defense Information Systems Agency. Additionally, the 78th Air Base Wing provides force deployment capability and oversight of base infrastructure and support organizations. When compared to a traditional single-mission base, the 78th Air Base Wing greatly reduces the DoD overhead requirement by capitalizing on the synergy afforded by collocation of functions.

The largest single mission and the host organization at Robins is the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (ALC). The Warner Robins ALC is one of the Air Force’s three air logistics centers and one of the three largest depot repair facilities in the DoD. The Air Force Logistics Centers are the largest, most modern and most efficient of the eight DoD Aviation Depots. Warner Robins ALC provides sustainment capability for a wide variety of DoD weapons systems in the form of program management, supply management and depot maintenance.

The Warner Robins ALC is the Airlift Center of Excellence for the Air Force, and as such, provides worldwide support to the Nation’s airlift forces through sustainment management of the C-17, C-5, C-130, C-141 aircraft. In addition, the center also serves as the “sustainment manager” for Combat Systems such as the F-15, JSTARS, U-2, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Space and Special Systems, Combat Electronic Systems and Vehicles and Support Equipment, and Special Operations Systems for the Air Force. To execute this capability, Robins has developed over 30 sustainment Public-Private Partnerships with industry, assuring a responsive and integrated industrial base to meet the needs of the warfighter.

For over 62 years the Warner Robins and Middle Georgia Communities have partnered with Robins Air Force Base to support the execution of assigned missions and to provide quality of life amenities for assigned personnel. The Warner Robins Chamber sponsors the Warner Robins Military Affairs Committee, one of nine such Middle Georgia Committees. The Warner Robins Military Affairs Committee works closely with other Middle Georgia Military Affairs Committees to provide caring support to the men and women of Robins AFB. Notably, the Military Affairs Committees play a key role in caring for the needs of the families of deployed service members. In addition to opening their hearts and homes for conversation and support, the Military Affairs Committees offer a long list of free/deeply-discounted services including car care, childcare, home maintenance, entertainment and lawn care.

Additionally, the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce and other community leaders support the 21st Century Partnership, a non-profit organization, composed of elected and non-elected Middle Georgians, which functions as the one community focal point for providing support for Robins Air Force Base. The Partnership enhances support of the missions at Robins, monitors the constantly changing defense environment, and recognizes the excellent civilian and military workforce at Robins. The Partnership embodies the sound and unique partnership between the base and the Warner Robins community.

Truly, Every Day in Middle Georgia is Air Force Appreciation Day!

THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce, Aerospace Industry Committee (AIC) boasts over 120 member companies and over 180 individual members. The AIC is organized for the purpose of preserving, advancing and enhancing the community of aerospace and defense industries in the Warner Robins area and for the advancement of their collective interests. The Committee shall also engage in those programs and projects, which are designed to stimulate capital investment and jobs creation within and throughout the Middle Georgia aerospace and defense sectors. The Committee views as essential its ability to serve as a point of appropriate and effective interface with senior military and civilian management personnel of Robins Air Force Base, the United States Air Force, and local, state and national elected leadership.
It is easy to see that the economic impact of Robins Air Force Base is amazing! Here are just a few statistics concerning the economic situation that Robins adds to Middle Georgia.
RAFB employs: 27,020 people
7,750 military personnel
12,391 civilian personnel
6,879 contract, private, and non-appropriated civilian personnel

"Ripple Effect" jobs in the Middle Georgia area: 41,855

$4.1 billion economic impact annually in Georgia

**Source:
1. March 2004, Estimation of the Employment Multiplier for the Seven Counties in the Middle Georgia Regional Development Center: Dr. Allen K. Lynch Associate Professor of Economics, Stetson School of Business and Economics Mercer University Macon, GA, and Dr. Wm. Stewart Mounts, Jr. Professor of Economics, Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer University Macon, GA.

2. Economic Impact Statement 2004, Economic data for fiscal year 2003 (Oct. 1, 2002 - Sept. 30, 2003), Robins Air Force Base, GA