Team Robins rolled out the red carpet for Lt. Gen. Stacey Hawkins, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, his wife, Natalie Hawkins, and the rest of the AFSC command team for a mission immersion at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Jan. 26-27.

The AFSC is responsible for more than 40,000 Airmen working within three air logistics complexes, three air base wings and two supply chain wings across the Air Force. The center provides critical sustainment for the Air Force's most sophisticated weapons systems, and some of those items are maintained at Robins, which in part includes C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, C-130 Hercules, F-15 Eagle and HC-130, along with a wide range of aircraft engines and component parts.

“On my visit, I saw reflections of the past with the legacy weapons systems sustained here for the past 80 years. They are so foundational to our Air Force of today,” Hawkins said. “And to know the forecasted missions to come to Robins, they represent the future of our Air Force and how we are going to be able to prosecute our national defense strategy – everything from the ABMS family of systems, to battle management and control and spectrum warfare.”

Other command team members taking part in the immersion included: Brig. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge, AFSC mobilization assistant to the commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Schultz, AFSC command chief, along with both their spouses.

During the tour, the AFSC team interacted with Airmen at various units of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, the 78th Air Base Wing and AFSC contracting and engineering units to gain a better understanding of contributions Robins provides to the sustainment center, the Air Force and Department of Defense as a whole.

“When you look at the C-17, just as recently as the summer of 2021, the work here at Robins enabled the largest noncombative evacuation in history to occur,” said Hawkins. “Then there’s the C-130, first flight in 1954, and the longest operated produced military weapons system in history. Just two examples of the work done here and how we can operationally succeed anywhere in the world because of the work done here.”

Robins is not resting on its laurels.

Each day, team members strive to deliver integrated capabilities to sustain the legacy force and are looking toward the future by utilizing innovation and STEM technology to benefit the warfighter.

“Robins is the bridge to the future and beyond. The know-how, the ingenuity, the everyday is going to be consequential and essential to keeping America free and preserving our values,” said Hawkins.