The new mayor-elect of Warner Robins, Ga., Chuck Shaheen, said one of his first tasks will be to get the Georgia Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership, known as G-RAMP, moving in 2010. A central focus of G-RAMP is ensuring a sound future for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins AFB, Ga. According to a Dec. 3 TV13 report, Shaheen, who believes his community must take the lead and should engage other area communities, said, “I want to work with General Peyer [Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer] and make sure they understand our city is going to do whatever it can to continue to help Robins Air Force Base.”
The Air Force displayed all the firepower it has amassed on Okinawa in an unusually diverse show of force this week. IIn a May 6 “Elephant Walk,” Kadena Air Base showcased 24 F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, eight F-15E Strike Eagles; two U.S. Army Patriot anti-missile batteries near the runway; and…