21st Century Partnership Monthly Update 25 April 2019
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Defense Contract Awarded April 23, 2019
Call Associates, Buffalo, New York (FA8501-19-D-A001); Harbor Enterprises LLC, Thomasville, Georgia (FA8501-19-D-A003); RCA Contracting Inc., Montezum...
Next 21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting – 20 June 2019, 10:00 a.m.
Please join us at the next 21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting on 20 June 2019 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Museum of Aviatio...
An inside look at what’s planned for CGTC, Robins AFB aviation partnership
BY STANLEY DUNLAP, The Telegraph
APRIL 17, 2019 04:37 PM, UPDATED APRIL 18, 2019 06:56 AM
AVIATION PARTNERSHIP IS WIN-WIN FOR ROBINS AFB, CENTRA...
Defense Contract Awarded 18 April 2019
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $44,395,362 modification (P00040) to previously awarded contract FA8540-12-...
Who Wants to Be the New Air Force Secretary? Perhaps Not Many
18 Apr 2019
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
As the Trump administration shops around for a new Air Force secretary, experts warn it may not be s...
These are the five areas where the Air Force wants to see an explosion of technology
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON— The Air Force has a new science and technology strategy, and it’s built around the idea that it needs...
The Defense Department Is Boosting Military Spouse Job Opportunities
16 Apr 2019
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
The Defense Department has changed some rules to make it easier for military spouses to get jobs at d...
Air Force Expects $3.3 Billion Disaster-Relief Funding Hole
4/16/2019
—RACHEL S. COHEN, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force expects it will fall $900 million short on disaster-relief funding in fiscal 2019 ...
Roper: Air Force Cloud May Track & Target All From Space To Ground — EXCLUSIVE
By COLIN CLARK, Breaking Defense
SPACE SYMPOSIUM: After years of dead-end efforts that cost more than $1 billion to build a more effective satellit...
Sen. David Perdue, former Robins commander to announce workforce project
The Macon-Bibb Industrial Authority, Central Georgia Technical College and Robins Air Force Base are set to make an announcement Friday at Macon's for...
CTGC, Robins Air Force Base join forces for ‘groundbreaking’ aviation partnership
BY STANLEY DUNLAP, The Telegraph
APRIL 05, 2019 11:22 AM, UPDATED 52 MINUTES AGO
A unique partnership that will connect Central Georgia Technica...
Air Force Releases 2018 Acquisition Report
Secretary of Air Force Public Affairs Office
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) --
The Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2018 Air Force Acquisition Annual R...
CGTC expanding their Aviation Program in old Boeing Facility
by Adam Mines, Fox24, WGXA, Friday, April 5th 2019
MACON, Ga -- In a press conference today it was announced that Central Georgia Technical College...
Quality education for children is a military readiness issue
By: Christi Ham, Military Times
For several years, it’s been a truism that many primary and secondary students don’t have the skills or knowledge b...
USAF Considers Networking, Not Recapping, Aging ISR Planes
4/2/2019
—RACHEL S. COHEN, Air Force Magazine
Legacy big-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance planes like the RC-135 variants co...
Reserve seeks to speed up hiring of maintainers
By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times
The Air Force Reserve Command on Monday said it is expanding its use of direct hiring authority in an effort to ...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 29 March 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Mar 29...
REP. SCOTT AND SEN. ISAKSON COMMEND 21ST CENTURY PARTNERSHIP
Kristin Moriarty/Staff Writer
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
The 21st Century Partnership held its quarterly meeting Thursday at the Museum of Aviation. Sp...
DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED 14 MARCH 2019
Blaine Warren Advertising LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been awarded a $19,833,335 modification (P00005) to previously awarded contract FA6643...
Great turn out for 21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting
The 21st Century Partnership was honored to have Senator Isakson, Congressman Scott and General Kubinec as guest speakers at the 21st Century Partners...
After turmoil, Senator says things are better with Robins union
BY WAYNE CRENSHAW, The Telegraph
WARNER ROBINS, GA.
A couple of years ago the union that represents aircraft workers at Robins Air Force Base wa...
GMC’s Warner Robins campus celebrates 30 years
by WGXA staff
Wednesday, March 20th 2019
WARNER ROBINS, GA – Georgia Military College's Warner Robins campus celebrated 30 years on Wednesday.
...
New Air Force installations strategy plans for sustained budget increases and demolished buildings
By Scott Maucione @smaucioneWFED, Federal News Network
March 18, 2019 4:34 pm
As the Air Force struggles with $33 billion in deferred maintenan...
Robins AFB pumping billions of dollars into Central Ga. economy, base leaders say
They also say the base's hiring initiative, '1,200 in 12' looks like it will finish ahead of schedule.
Author: WMAZ Staff
Updated: 8:30 PM EDT M...
Robins Air Force Base gains another title, continues to grow
by Tiffany Thompson, WGXA
Robins Air Force Base now has a new title to add. It was released Tuesday during the State of the Base/WGXA
WARNER ROB...
Congratulations to Mr. Glen Starlnecker!!!!
The 21st Century Partnership presented the first Eddie Wiggins Legacy of Leadership Award at the State of the Base event today. This award is presente...
Air Force Partners with C-5 System Program Office, Delta and Georgia Tech
Staff Report From Georgia CEO
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
The C-5 System Program Office and the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office has kicked of...
An inside look at new Robins training for Airmen who are vital in remote combat zones
BY WAYNE CRENSHAW
Air Force combat communications specialists from around the country are at Robins Air Force Base this week training to do their j...
PORT MOVES TO ADD INNOVATION CENTER, MORE CYBER FACILITIES
STRATEGIC PLAN SUPPORTS REGIONAL JOB GROWTH AND STRENGTHENS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYERS, THE COMMUNITY AND GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SAN A...
Air Force Asks for 4,400 More Airmen, New F-15EX Fighter in Budget Request
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The U.S. Air Force is hoping to grow its total force by 4,400 airmen, add a new fighter to its inventory, and pump ...
21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting – 21 March 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
Please join us at the 21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting on 21 March at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum of Aviation, Art Gallery, Second Floor. We wi...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – March 7, 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Mar 7...
Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign in May, return to academia
By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson will resign at the end of May and take a job in academia.
The Air Force re...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS AWARDED 8 MARCH 2019
Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nevada, has been awarded a $23,702,941 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P-00021) to previously awarded contract FA8509-1...
Thunderbirds return to headline Team Robins 2019 air show
Robins Public Affairs / Published February 28, 2019
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- This logo is the official identity design for the “Thunder Over G...
DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED 28 FEBRUARY 2019
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $13,295,375 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (FA8540-19-F-0004) in s...
DEFENSE CONTACT AWARDED 27 FEBRUARY 2019
TAC Industries Inc., Springfield, Ohio, has been awarded a $7,190,190 delivery order (FA8534-19-F-0028) to previously awarded contract FA8532-14-D-000...
Quarterly 21st Century Partnership Meeting – March 21, 2019, 10:00
The next quarterly 21st Century Partnership meeting will be Thursday, March 21, 2019, 10:00 at the Museum of Aviation, Eagle Conference Room, Third Fl...
How is the ‘1,200 in 12 months’ program doing at Robins Air Force Base?
by Daniel McFarland, WGXA, Monday, February 25th 2019
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Last August, Robins Air Force Base announced the 1,200 in 12 months pr...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS AWARDED 25 FEBRUARY 2019
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, has been awarded a $19,459,236 firm-fixed-price delivery order (FA8504-19-F-0008-P00001) to previously award...
Robins AFB reports its economic impact jumps to $3.15 billion
by Miles Garrett, WGZA, Thursday, February 21st
2019
WARNER
ROBINS, Ga. -- The Robins Air Force Base spoke inside the Museum of Aviation on
Thursda...
AFMC hiring effort draws new talent, faster
By Marisa Alia-Novobilski, Air Force Materiel
Command / Published February 14, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) -- With ...
Air Force Base Saves $1 Billion by Reusing Old Equipment
16 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Oriana
Pawlyk
For the past seven years, three Air Force civilians
at Vandenberg Air ...
WR-ALC’s Maintenance Acquisition Program Office uses AoP to improve contracting process
By Holly
Logan-Arrington, Robins Public Affairs / Published February 15, 2019
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --
The Warner Robins Air Logistics...
Behind the Lines: Robins Air Force Base’s Honor Guard
The group performed more than 1,600 military funerals across the
state last year.
Author: Katelyn
Heck
Published: 9:06
AM EST February...
The US Air Force Has Won Control of the Space Force
BY MARCUS WEISGERBER, Defense One, FEBRUARY
12, 2019
Six months ago, service leaders said they were being cut out
of the planning process. Now they...
Air Force calls for culture change in bid to reduce suicides
By BRIAN FERGUSON |
STARS AND STRIPES, February 12, 2019
Air Force senior
leaders issued a memo calling for a culture change after a tota...
Trump faces royal flush of opposition from defense committee leaders to using military construction funds for wall
By Scott Maucione,
Federal News Radio
February 12, 2019 1:16 pm
Another top lawmaker is opposing
the use of military construction funds t...
DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED 7 FEBRUARY 2019
AAR Manufacturing Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, has
been awarded a $10,864,605 delivery order (FA8534-19-F-0023) to contract
FA8519-14-D-0002 for the prod...
Rapid Sustainment Office installs 3D parts on C-5
By Brian Brackens Published February 06, 2019
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – A C-5 Super Galaxy with
the tail number 70035 is the latest recipie...
The Air Force’s JSTARS alternative has a new architect. Wait, what’s an architect?
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON
— The Air Force has found an architect to run its uber-complicated Advanced Battle Managemen...
Georgia Air National Guard’s 1st black female pilot set to deploy
by WGXA staff, Tuesday, February 5th 2019
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. —
1st Lt. Andrea Lewis is an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft copilot with the 116th ...
AF Reserve strategic group looks to the future
By Maj. Jonathan Lee, Published February 01, 2019
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --
Almost 50 members of the
Air Force Reserve team gathered here in...
This Warner Robins school now has a dorm, and veterans get the benefit
BY WAYNE CRENSHAW
WARNER
ROBINS, GA.
Soldiers,
Marines and airmen are living together in a dormitory at Robins Air Force Base
as they prep...
Air Force: F-35 Buys Will Continue Regardless of Interest in F-15X
2 Feb 2019
Military.com | By Oriana
Pawlyk
The U.S. Air Force is not backing away from
future F-35 Joint Strike Fi...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE 2019 Quarterly Partnership Meetings
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 10:00, Museum of Aviation, Eagle
Conference Room, Third Floor
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 10:00, Museum of Aviation, Eagle
Con...
Thank you to our January Sponsors!!!!!
Thank you to Parrish Construction - Platinum Sponsor
Thank you to Asbury Parke Associates and Bedford Associates - Silver Sponsors
Thank you to ...
Defense Contract Awarded 29 January 2019
Honeywell International Aerospace, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been awarded an $85,676,969 contract for C‐5 Honeywell software and engineering suppor...
Defense Contract Awarded 30 January 2019
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded a $39,957,226 contract modification (P00013) to contract FA8525‐16‐D‐0003 for C‐5 con...
If the money is there, new and improved F-15s could be coming soon to the Air Force
By: Jeff Martin, DefenseNews
IN THE
AIR OVER KENTUCKY — The U.S. Air Force could buy a new version of the F-15,
known as the F-15X, as long as ...
Defense Contract Awarded 25 January 2019
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., Marietta,
Georgia, has been awarded a $33,732,110 ceiling requirements contract for
C-130J long-term sustainment su...
This New Website Gives Exclusive Military Travel Discounts
T
24 Jan 2019, Military.com | By Patricia
Kime
Military personnel, retirees and their family members now
have access to an exclus...
‘The future of battle management:’ US Air Force Secretary visits Robins
SecAF visited Robins AFB this week and thanked the community for
its support of the base
Updated: 6:43
PM EST January 23, 2019
WARNER ...
Viewpoint: Industrial Base Gears Up for Great Power Conflict
1/24/2019
By Jeffery A. Green, National Defense
Magazine
For decades, free-trade ideology has dominated
discussions about manufacturing ...
Air Force secretary explains change in Robins mission
BY WAYNE CRENSHAW, The Telegraph
ROBINS
AIR FORCE BASE, GA.
The top
civilian in the Air Force was at Robins on Wednesday and explained tha...
Some Ga. congressmen forgo paychecks during shutdown
Tamar Hallerman, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
WASHINGTON —
With
an estimated 16,000 federal employees in Georgia missing the...
Georgia Posts Record-Setting Year in 2018
Staff Report From Georgia CEO
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
State Labor
Commissioner Mark Butler said today that 2018 was another banner year for...
PeachState Hospitality Has Been Awarded Developer of the Year by Marriott International
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
PeachState
Hospitality, LLC, a leading hotel management and development company...
21st Century Partnership welcomes new STEM Outreach & Workforce Coordinator, new Chairman and new Foundation Board members
WARNER
ROBINS, Ga. – The
21st Century Partnership is pleased
to announce additions to the organization that will provide for an enhanced
focus on faci...
DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED 11 January 2019
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded a
$131,604,450 contract for C‐5
sustainment. This contract provides for sustaining en...
Search for wall funds could hit Georgia projects
Jan 11, 2019
By Tamar Hallerman, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
WASHINGTON —
President
Donald Trump could divert hundreds o...
MIDDLE GEORGIA NAMED 2019 ‘GREAT AMERICAN DEFENSE COMMUNITY’
Robins Air Force Base Officials and 21st Century Partnership
leaders gather around the new brand recognition for middle Georgia.
Kristin Moriarty/S...
Great Work by Many!!!!!!
Last Friday,
January 4, 2019, the Courtyard by Marriott Warner Robins, Robins Regional
Military Affairs Committee and the 21st Century Partnership wor...
Middle Georgia Named 2019 Great American Defense Community
Award recognizes
community support of service members, military families
WARNER
ROBINS, GA – U.S.
Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Sena...
Middle Georgia gets U.S. top 5 award for military region
FOX 24, WGXA
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. --
The Middle Georgia region is one of five communities across the U.S. named to
the 2019 Class of Great American D...
Pentagon Owns Fewer Buildings Than Previously Thought: Audit
BY MARCUS WEISGERBER, Defense One, JANUARY 9, 2019
The Navy was counting buildings that were demolished and
the Army was counting uninhabitable fac...
Rep. Austin Scott Applauds Middle Georgia Being Named ‘Great American Defense Community’
January 3, 2019
Press Release
This is the second year in a row a community in Georgia’s Eighth
District has received this honor.
WASHIN...
2019 Military Pay Raise Amounts Released
Military.com | By Jim Absher
The Defense Department has released the active-duty and
reserve drill pay tables for 2019.
Most mili...
Robins Air Force Base announces 2019 gate closure schedule
by Claire Helm, FOX24
Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
WARNER
ROBINS, Ga. -- Robins Air Force Base has announced certain gate closures.
RAFB
offici...
Warner Robins Adds Jobs in November
Staff Report From Middle
Georgia CEO
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Georgia Labor
Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Warner Robins added job...
Some fear groundwater near Georgia military bases is toxic
By: The Associated Press 1
day ago
ATLANTA —
Groundwater near Georgia military bases remains contaminated from a toxic ...
Greene remembered as ‘Moody’s best friend’
By Dean Poling dean.poling@gaflnews.com
VALDOSTA
— While servicemen saluted generals in the Pentagon, Parker Greene called them
by their firs...
Air Force Announces Next-Gen Bomber Work Headed to Robins Air Force Base
Staff Report From Middle
Georgia CEO
Monday, December 17th, 2018
The Air Force has
selected Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to coordinate maint...
AFRC 2018 Information Dominance Award winners
By Hq
Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs /
Published December 13, 2018
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Congratulations
to the 2018 Ai...
FEDVIP gift: Military retirees, others get extra three months to enroll in dental, vision insurance
By: Karen Jowers, Military Times
Government
officials are giving those in the military community who are eligible for new
benefits under t...
New BAH rates for 2019 rise 2.5 percent
By: Military Times
staff 3 days ago
The
Pentagon on Friday released the new 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing rates that
will...
Services Need to Assess the Effectiveness of Their Initiative to Maintain Critical Skills
Direct link to report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696055.pdf
Highlights:
The Department of Defense's 17 facilities that perform
m...
Air Force announces next-gen bomber work headed to Robins Air Force Base
According to an Air Force release, Robins will assist with
maintenance work on the B-21 Raider stealth bomber.
Author: ZachMerchant, WMAZ Upda...
DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDED 13 DECEMBER 2018
The Boeing Co., Fort Walton Beach, Florida, has
been awarded an $11,746,605, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00014) to
exercise Option Three of con...
Robins AFB could eventually replace Northrop as key JSTARS maintainer after depot pathfinder
By Rachel Cohen, Inside Defense, December 12,
2018 at 3:37 PM
The Air Force will consider whether its maintenance crew at
Robins Air Force Bas...