Warner Robins, Georgia

WARNER ROB INS , GEORGI A Air Force. Located just outside the city on 51 acres, the Museum of Aviation includes four exhibit buildings and more than 85 historic aircraft, as well as the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. As the largest tourist attraction outside of Atlanta in the State of Georgia, the Museum draws between five and six hundred thousand visitors a year. Finally, Warner Robins has a one-of-a-kind facility - a partnership among the city, which donated the land, the Georgia Department of Veterans Service, the Georgia Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, United Way/Mission United, Central Georgia Technical College, and Middle Georgia State University. It’s called the Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center or VECTR, and it serves as a gateway for veterans’ re-entry into Georgia’s public postsecondary educational systems and workforce. The VECTR Center was established by the state and is designed to serve veterans and their families through career counseling, educational coaching, workforce training, and more. It provides unique, accelerated programs in high demand and strategic industries tailored to abbreviate the process of receiving post-secondary certificates and degrees by recognizing the extensive training veterans receive during their military service. It also provides a one-stop-shop for veterans seeking benefits, educational opportunities, employment services, and links to community resources. “We can honestly say that people from many other states come down to Warner Robins to visit the VECTR, to try to duplicate that in their states, because we are the only one in the United States,” Toms declares. From its humble beginnings, Warner Robins has grown into a thriving, progressive community and a great place to live, work, and play. Fully credited by the Georgia Certified City Program, Warner Robins has accomplished important civic improvements necessary to enhance the city’s attractiveness to potential new business and industry. Georgia’s “International City” has a record of fine schools, a superior record of law and order, and one of the most outstanding