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 U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.