Planes, Trains & Heroes: A Story of Warner Robins and the Robins Region

“This comes after the Air Force announced an
Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) will
come to the Base in the near future. The 21st
Century Partnership believes this new mission
“will put Central Georgia on the leading edge of
military technology.” When operational, it will use
current and emerging technologies in “surveillance
and reconnaissance information” directly to
commanders and “is the first management system
of this kind anywhere in the Air Force.”
Full implementation may take a decade or
more, which helps secure the position of Robins
Air Force Base to national security and makes the
future of Warner Robins, Georgia a brighter one.
HENRIETTA
MCINTYRE
Henrietta McIntyre (1924 – 2016) grew up in
Lincoln County Georgia. She moved to Warner
Robins in 1944 to work at Robins Air Field.
Through the years, she worked with the
“Community Chest, now known as United Way,
…Pilot Club, Robins Jaycettes, Little League
Auxiliary, Pink Ladies Auxiliary, Civitan,
American Red Cross, Air Force Association,
Special Olympics, and Christmas in April” (The
Telegraph). She served five terms on Warner
Robins’ City Council and was active in
Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Henrietta
McIntyre served as acting mayor of Warner
Robins from 1993-1994 and was inducted as
an inaugural member of the Warner Robins Hall
of Fame.
RANDY
TOMS
Randy Toms, while serving as a Warner
Robins firefighter, wanted to increase his service
to the city. With that in mind, he returned to
school as a non-traditional student, completed an
associate degree at Georgia Military College’s
Warner Robins campus and then was elected
mayor. He says “It was service in protecting and
serving our country, and then our city, that led
me to run for mayor. We all know that Warner
Above: EDIMGIAFAD—“Every Day
In Middle Georgia Is Armed Forces
Appreciation Day”—the official motto
of Warner Robins, was created by Dr.
Dan Callahan.
Below: Henrietta McIntyre in 1944.
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