Augustine Warner Robins
Augustine Warner Robins | |
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U.S. Army Air Forces | |
| Years of service | 1907 - 1940 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | Air Corps Training Center |
| Battles/wars | Mexican Expedition |
| Other work | Namesake of Robins Air Force Base |
General Augustine Warner Robins (September 29, 1882 – June 16, 1940) is often credited as the Father of Logistics in the modern United States Air Force, then known as the Army Air Corps. He was instrumental in the establishment of the first official and workable Air Force supply maintenance and accountability system, and helped establish official guidelines for the training of logistics officers, NCOs, and civilians working for the Air Force. He is the namesake of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.[1]
Robins was born in
B-17s, the Norden bombsight, and the high-octane gasoline that would later power the fighters of World War II
in the European and Pacific theaters. In 1939, he was reassigned to the command of the Air Training division in Texas; however, he died from a heart attack in June of the next year. Over a year after his death, the Army Air Corps began to make use of Robins's contributions during its actions in World War II.
The Warner Robins Army Air Depot (now the
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, or WR-ALC) at Robins Field, later to become Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, was named in honor of General Robins, and is also a major depot for Air Force logistics in its own right.[2]
Notes
- ISBN 978-1135948597. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
References
- Biography on Augustine Warner Robins from the Maxwell Air Force Base website
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