Safety Civilian Professional of the Year: Mr. Hector S. Alcazar
By Staff Writer
Mr. Hector S. Alcazar
436th Airlift Wing,
Dover Air Force Base, DE
Mr. Hector S. Alcazar, Explosives Safety Specialist for the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW), Dover Air Force Base, DE, has been recognized as the 2021 Air Mobility Command Safety Civilian Professional of the Year. His vision for the 436 AW is to make it the “World’s Premier Airlift Wing.”
He has been a key advisor on Combat Arms Training and Maintenance range ballistics hazards. He secured $188,000 in repairs and enabled 1,600 personnel to obtain weapons qualifications; he was coined by the 436th Airlift Wing Commander for his efforts.
Alcazar was the safety lead for the wing’s first combat training course, charting risk for training weapons and chemical gas deployment. He enabled a 10-hour course for 5,100 Total Force Airmen.
He verified 68 Nuclear Certified Equipment items valued at $7.3 million on two installations and helped keep 18 Prime Nuclear Airlift Force missions fully intact.
Alcazar conducted 10 annual and 24 weapons spot inspections, mitigating risks to 6,100 personnel and 31 aircraft valued at $8.4 billion.
He steered chemical weapons recovery, resulting in the safe demolition of 3,775 chemical warfare materials.
Overseeing the Department of Defense’s largest aerial port, Alcazar was in charge of delivering and storing 10.3 million tons of munitions with zero mishaps in 2 years. He was the sole Weapons Safety Manager in the 436 AW and governed the delivery of more than 10 million pounds of cargo.
Alcazar facilitated a nuclear surety training plan and tracked 94 Security Forces Squadron personnel security requirements, with zero disparity in Major Command Medical Readiness Office nuclear readiness. He managed the wing’s Additional Duty Weapons Safety Representative program, trained 32 representatives, and issued 10 explosive facilities licenses.
He led a Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance survey and secured the primary and alternate routes for 10.3 million pounds of munitions cargo.
Alcazar designed three Above Ground Magazine site plans and justified a gain of $275,000 and 9 acres. He developed an Air Force Civil Engineering Center facility design and gained a $4 million project budget.
Alcazar primed 436 AW for presidential security operations by coordinating high-priority Allied Forces North Europe tasking.