AMC Flight Safety Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, MSgt Melinda E. Scanlon, 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, MD

MSgt Melinda E. Scanlon, Safety Superintendent, 89th Airlift Wing (89 AW), Joint Base Andrews, MD, is the 2024 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Flight Safety Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. As Safety Superintendent, she ensured the success of the 89 AW Commander’s safety program, synchronized efforts across four AMC wings, four major commands, and four federal agencies; completed four Aviation Safety Masters classes; and oversaw the safety of twenty-seven aircraft.

Scanlon also led five noncommissioned officers; oversaw nearly 560 airfield safety inspections; identified and resolved eleven hazards; and facilitated the accident-free execution of more than seven thousand wing sorties, 2,300 distinguished visitor missions, and sixty-thousand transient aircraft movements. She executed a high-priority Chief of Staff of the Air Force tasker, swiftly developing and delivering Risk Management and Readiness training, achieving one hundred percent contact with sixteen hundred 89 AW Airmen in seven days, and enhancing wing-wide preparedness—among other noteworthy accomplishments.