- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Robins Air Force Base
- Creator:
- Head, William P., 1949-
- Date of Original:
- 2003-03-31
- Subject:
- Robins Air Force Base (Ga.)
Air bases--Georgia--Warner Robins
Military bases--Georgia--Warner Robins - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Warner Robins, 32.61574, -83.62664
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Robins Air Force Base. Robins Air Force Base is Georgia's largest industrial installation and is located in Warner Robins, sixteen miles south of Macon. Both the base and the town were named for Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins (1882-1940), one of the first logistics specialists and generals of the Army Air Corps.
GSE identifier: SS8H9 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/robins-air-force-base/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Robins Air Force Base," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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