Airplane work expected to bring 400 jobs to Georgia air base

In the photo taken Oct. 5, 2014, provided by the US Air Force, a Lockheed C-60 LoadStar, left, is positioned at the base of the lowered ramp of a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy of the 436th Airlif, for loading, at Warner-Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Air Mobility Command Museum is now the only place in the United States where one can see a complete set of every significant Lockheed airlifter built since World War II. The museum at Dover Air Force Base completed its collection Tuesday when it received a C-60 Lodestar airlifter. (AP Photo/Greg L. Davis, US Air Force) A Lockheed C-60 LoadStar (left) is positioned at the base of the lowered ramp of a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy of the 436th Airlift Wing Oct. 5, 2014, at Warner-Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Super Galaxy is the only U.S. Air Force transport aircraft capable of transporting the Lockheed C-60 LoadStar fuselage as shown. The aircraft was retrieved for eventual display at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis) In the photo taken Oct. 5, 2014, provided by the US Air Force, a Lockheed C-60 LoadStar, left, is positioned at the base of the lowered ramp of a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy of the 436th Airlif, for loading, at Warner-Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Air Mobility Command Museum is now the only place in the United States where one can see a complete set of every significant Lockheed airlifter built since World War II. The museum at Dover Air Force Base completed its collection Tuesday when it received a C-60 Lodestar airlifter. (AP Photo/Greg L. Davis, US Air Force) A Lockheed C-60 LoadStar (left) is positioned at the base of the lowered ramp of a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy of the 436th Airlift Wing Oct. 5, 2014, at Warner-Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Super Galaxy is the only U.S. Air Force transport aircraft capable of transporting the Lockheed C-60 LoadStar fuselage as shown. The aircraft was retrieved for eventual display at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

By Associated Press February 19, 2018 2 min read

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) – Robins Air Force Base in central Georgia will soon begin doing overhaul maintenance on the C-130 airplanes flown by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

The work will eventually mean about 400 new jobs, The Telegraph reported.

Brig. Gen. John Kubinec, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, made the announcement recently to the Houston County Development Authority.

“This is a great opportunity for our professional workforce and we welcome this opportunity to provide first-class sustainment of the C-130 Hercules fleet,” Kubinec said in a news release.

The C-130 Hercules, still being built at the Lockheed-Martin plant in Marietta, is known as a workhorse that is capable of a wide variety of missions.