AMC Team Aviation Maintenance Safety, 721st Air Mobility Operations Group Quality Assurance, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

The 721st Air Mobility Operations Group Quality Assurance Team, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, excelled in advancing aviation maintenance safety and efficiency.

The team established the Wing’s Hot Pit Program, creating a local checklist to streamline future certifications and ensure safe operations for personnel while allowing safe and rapid sixty-minute turnaround capability for C-17s. Collaborating with Air Force Materiel Command engineers, they developed an innovative jack design model, cutting fuselage jack time by fifty percent and improving safety.

Addressing a trend of misidentified bird strikes at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the Quality Assurance team collaborated with the wing safety office to create a training course, reducing misidentification incidents to zero. Their efforts also led to a ninety-two thousand dollar bird strike system upgrade, reducing annual costs by thirty percent.

Their expertise, innovation, and dedication embody AMC’s mission of excellence in safety.