WEBVTT 00:16.010 --> 00:18.010 Well , General Hawkins , welcome to 00:18.010 --> 00:20.066 Robins Air Force . Thank you . Thank 00:20.066 --> 00:22.177 you . Pleasure to be here . Thank you 00:22.177 --> 00:24.288 for taking the time out to talk about 00:24.288 --> 00:26.343 your your visit here . We're just so 00:26.343 --> 00:28.566 excited to be here in the past 2.5 days 00:28.566 --> 00:30.566 have just been inspiring . And just 00:30.566 --> 00:32.566 thank you for the hospitality . I'm 00:32.566 --> 00:34.788 inspired by the people who do this work 00:34.788 --> 00:37.010 every day across this installation . So 00:37.010 --> 00:39.121 it's just a pleasure to be here . All 00:39.121 --> 00:41.343 right , so you got a busy schedule , so 00:41.343 --> 00:43.454 we're just gonna get right to it . So 00:43.454 --> 00:45.232 during your visit , you have an 00:45.232 --> 00:47.454 opportunity to see the various missions 00:47.454 --> 00:49.288 throughout the Warner Robins Air 00:49.288 --> 00:51.288 Logistics complex . Um please share 00:51.288 --> 00:54.850 what you saw and how you see in the 00:54.860 --> 00:57.070 overall mission for the center , the 00:57.070 --> 00:59.403 Air Force and the Department of Defense . 00:59.403 --> 01:01.459 Overall . It's a great question . Uh 01:01.459 --> 01:03.348 and what I see here at Robbins is 01:03.348 --> 01:06.340 really A reflection of the past , the 01:06.350 --> 01:08.130 legacy weapons systems that are 01:08.130 --> 01:10.020 sustained here and that have been 01:10.020 --> 01:12.187 sustained here for the past 80 years . 01:12.187 --> 01:14.450 That work is so foundational to our air 01:14.450 --> 01:16.650 force of today . When you look at the 01:16.650 --> 01:20.020 C17 , just as recently as the summer of 01:20.030 --> 01:23.690 2021 the work here at Robin's enabled 01:23.700 --> 01:25.700 the largest noncombatant evacuation 01:25.700 --> 01:28.330 operation in history to occur . When 01:28.330 --> 01:30.497 you look at the world course , see one 01:30.497 --> 01:33.150 31st flight in 1950 for the longest 01:33.160 --> 01:36.030 operated produced military weapons 01:36.030 --> 01:38.480 system in history . Uh just two 01:38.480 --> 01:41.710 examples of the work that's done here 01:41.710 --> 01:44.380 and how we're able to operationally 01:44.380 --> 01:46.491 succeed anywhere in the world because 01:46.491 --> 01:48.658 of the work done here and then there's 01:48.658 --> 01:50.770 the F 15 we're gonna be celebrating 01:50.780 --> 01:53.980 Commemorating actually in april 70 01:53.980 --> 01:57.220 years of air superiority where no 01:57.230 --> 01:59.460 american ground combatant has been 01:59.470 --> 02:01.970 killed by an enemy combat aircraft 02:01.980 --> 02:04.880 since 1953 . And that work that's done 02:04.880 --> 02:06.769 here at Robbins has sustained the 02:06.769 --> 02:08.769 venerable at 15 is also part of the 02:08.769 --> 02:11.970 legacy . I also see the future and the 02:11.980 --> 02:14.091 missions that are forecast to come to 02:14.091 --> 02:16.360 Robin's . It represents the future of 02:16.360 --> 02:18.582 our air force and how we're going to be 02:18.582 --> 02:20.638 able to prosecute our national event 02:20.638 --> 02:22.804 strategy . Everything from the A . B . 02:22.804 --> 02:24.804 M . S family of systems , uh Battle 02:24.804 --> 02:26.749 management , command and Control , 02:26.749 --> 02:29.620 Spectrum warfare . The 11 Robbins is 02:29.620 --> 02:32.350 also the bridge to the future and the 02:32.360 --> 02:34.600 know how the ingenuity , the expertise 02:34.610 --> 02:36.554 of the men and women who work here 02:36.554 --> 02:38.166 every day . Uh it's gonna be 02:38.166 --> 02:40.440 consequential and central uh to keeping 02:40.450 --> 02:42.730 America free and preserving our values . 02:42.780 --> 02:45.410 You touched on talking about the legacy 02:45.410 --> 02:47.521 for us , um team Robbins , you know , 02:47.521 --> 02:49.299 we strive to deliver integrated 02:49.299 --> 02:51.521 capabilities when sustaining the legacy 02:51.521 --> 02:53.521 for us . And while at the same time 02:53.521 --> 02:55.577 looking toward the future . And what 02:55.577 --> 02:57.521 way did you see innovation in stem 02:57.521 --> 02:59.188 technology used to assist the 02:59.188 --> 03:01.243 warfighter , It's across the board . 03:01.243 --> 03:03.299 What Robbins is doing and artificial 03:03.299 --> 03:05.354 intelligence , machine learning , uh 03:05.354 --> 03:07.688 when you look at advanced manufacturing , 03:07.688 --> 03:09.854 uh our goal and what we're aspiring to 03:09.854 --> 03:12.100 do within Air Force Material Command is 03:12.100 --> 03:14.370 to bring about a digital engineering 03:14.370 --> 03:16.370 environment that's going to connect 03:16.370 --> 03:18.790 seamlessly all of the different uh 03:18.800 --> 03:21.450 parts of our sustainment enterprise and 03:21.450 --> 03:23.930 what Robbins is doing to actually start 03:23.930 --> 03:25.930 that journey and get out in front . 03:25.930 --> 03:27.986 It's actually pulling the entire Air 03:27.986 --> 03:30.041 Force sustainment center along . And 03:30.041 --> 03:32.152 when it comes to being able to enable 03:32.152 --> 03:34.319 digital material management which will 03:34.319 --> 03:36.374 be a game changer and our ability to 03:36.374 --> 03:38.486 achieve speed and relevance as to how 03:38.486 --> 03:40.652 we sustain our current weapons systems 03:40.652 --> 03:42.652 but also our weapons systems in the 03:42.652 --> 03:44.374 future now connected . This is 03:44.374 --> 03:46.541 something that's very important to our 03:46.541 --> 03:48.708 installation commander here at Robin . 03:48.708 --> 03:50.708 And uh Robins Air Force Base in the 03:50.708 --> 03:52.930 middle Georgia community , they've been 03:52.930 --> 03:55.710 entwined for for 80 years . And there's 03:55.710 --> 03:58.470 a slogan you can say that every day in 03:58.470 --> 04:00.081 middle Georgia Air Force are 04:00.081 --> 04:02.390 appreciation day . Um What do you think 04:02.400 --> 04:04.970 about Robin's connection with the 04:04.970 --> 04:07.510 community ? Well the reputation of this 04:07.510 --> 04:10.630 community support precedes it before . 04:10.640 --> 04:12.870 Never been stationed here but come back 04:12.870 --> 04:15.037 and forth . And every time I come just 04:15.037 --> 04:17.600 to visit Robbins I felt the energy uh 04:17.610 --> 04:20.290 this community owns the patent the 04:20.290 --> 04:22.401 intellectual property . When it comes 04:22.401 --> 04:24.234 to armed forces appreciation and 04:24.234 --> 04:26.401 support . Uh It's in the community D . 04:26.401 --> 04:28.690 N . A . And what's so special about it 04:28.700 --> 04:30.970 is that it appears to be effortless . 04:30.980 --> 04:34.140 Uh There's many communities that offer 04:34.150 --> 04:36.740 support and it's also appreciated . But 04:36.740 --> 04:38.863 when you come here you see people 04:38.873 --> 04:41.773 without prompting coming together with 04:41.773 --> 04:44.203 one keen focus to do whatever it takes 04:44.203 --> 04:46.943 to sustain this base . So this base can 04:46.943 --> 04:49.054 actually support american interests . 04:49.054 --> 04:51.276 So it's just really , really special an 04:51.276 --> 04:53.499 opportunity to meet with community last 04:53.499 --> 04:55.276 night and it was just a special 04:55.276 --> 04:57.332 occasion where we were embracing the 04:57.332 --> 04:59.443 fact that we all have common goals to 04:59.443 --> 05:01.443 support this base , but also having 05:01.443 --> 05:03.554 very substantive conversation of what 05:03.554 --> 05:05.443 that's going to take in the years 05:05.443 --> 05:07.721 coming ahead . Sir . One last question , 05:07.721 --> 05:07.066 is there anything else that you would 05:07.066 --> 05:09.288 like to add or want to share about your 05:09.288 --> 05:11.288 time here at Robin's ? Just want to 05:11.288 --> 05:13.399 talk about the people . Uh you know , 05:13.399 --> 05:15.344 we have four priorities in the Air 05:15.344 --> 05:17.344 Force , the same center produce the 05:17.344 --> 05:19.288 promise , but that second priority 05:19.288 --> 05:21.399 people making it happen . And when it 05:21.399 --> 05:23.622 comes to that , it's our uniform airmen 05:23.622 --> 05:26.580 across the Total Force . If you look at 05:26.590 --> 05:28.646 the complexion of Robin's , the base 05:28.646 --> 05:30.757 hosts on match com Headquarters , Air 05:30.757 --> 05:32.701 Force Reserve Command . You host a 05:32.701 --> 05:34.646 combat coded wing , that's a total 05:34.646 --> 05:37.040 force wing of guardsmen and uniformed 05:37.040 --> 05:39.207 active duty airmen . And then you have 05:39.207 --> 05:41.318 our air logistics complex and our air 05:41.318 --> 05:44.290 base wing and 54 other mission partners 05:44.300 --> 05:46.900 that all make up this ecosystem . And 05:46.900 --> 05:49.178 it's not just the people who work here , 05:49.178 --> 05:51.400 but it's the families that support them 05:51.400 --> 05:53.400 and it takes that entire village to 05:53.400 --> 05:55.650 bring the energy , the passion and the 05:55.650 --> 05:58.110 inspiration to get after what is really 05:58.120 --> 06:00.342 one of the most complex Mission sets in 06:00.342 --> 06:02.620 the United States Air Force . So again , 06:02.620 --> 06:06.420 a special place , a special existence 06:06.420 --> 06:09.050 for the past 80 years . I don't see it 06:09.050 --> 06:11.350 stopping . And I think when you combine 06:11.350 --> 06:13.017 that with just the vigorous , 06:13.017 --> 06:15.020 relentless community support , the 06:15.030 --> 06:17.710 future is bright , and I'm excited to 06:17.710 --> 06:19.710 serve this installation and to be a 06:19.710 --> 06:22.160 part of its future again , sir . Thank 06:22.160 --> 06:24.216 you for your time . I'm glad to have 06:24.216 --> 06:26.382 you here . Thank you keisha . I really 06:26.382 --> 06:28.660 appreciate your time today . Thank you . 06:28.660 --> 06:27.450 All right .