Retired Brig. Gen. Ben Robinson recalls commanding AWACS on 9/11

Retired Brigadier General Ben Robinson spoke to members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee (SVMC) and the public at the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum on June 11. Robinson was the commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing, based at Tinker AFB, during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and he recounted the day-by-day progression of events during that time, using a slide show. See full caption below. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Retired Brigadier General Ben Robinson spoke to members of the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee (SVMC) and the public at the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum on June 11. Robinson was the commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing, based at Tinker AFB, during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and he recounted the day-by-day progression of events during that time, using a slide show. See full caption below. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

It has been almost 25 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

But retired Brigadier General Ben Robinson, who lives in his wife Linda’s hometown of Shawnee, can remember all the details.

“I remember about three major things. I remember when Kennedy was assassinated; I was in high school,” Robinson said at the Pottawatomie County Veterans Educational Museum on June 11. “I remember when N…