Robins STARBASE celebrates anniversary
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., speaks to fifth graders from the Centerville (Ga.) Elementary School about his former "office" in the cockpit of an F-16. A Thunderbird F-16 is in the background behind the general. The AFRC commander and Tony Gonzales, director of STARBASE for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, were guest speakers at STARBASE Robins' 15th anniversary ceremony Sept. 2, 2011. STARBASE is a Department of Defense program begun in 1989 to raise the interest and improve knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through 12th grade in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond Clayton Jr.)