Group of men, some in casual clothes and one in military uniform, standing outdoors on a sunny day.
Top row, left to right: TSgt Vincent P. Fontana, Mr. Adam L. Twigg, MSgt Adrian Rincones, Capt Matthew J. Kelly, Mr. Christopher M. Anderson, and TSgt Joseph D. Marsden. Bottom row, left to right: TSgt Kathryn H. Phillips, Mr. Jeffrey D. Lucas, Mr. Christopher S. McGraw, Mr. Arthur W. Chambers, and Mr. Philip B. Russell. Not pictured: Lt Col Christopher Martin and Capt Daniel C. Johnson.

AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category III

By Staff Writer

437th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Charleston, SC

The 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, SC, led by Col Patrick K. McClintock, enabled more than twenty-one thousand C‑17 flight hours with zero Class A and B mishaps and cut overall mishaps by one-half, supporting a $9 billion fleet of forty aircraft. The wing led Joint Base Charleston through the 2024 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Safety Program Evaluation with zero deficiencies.

The team embedded safety into every effort, including combat readiness inspections, Air Force Force Generation certification, and a six‑month deployment, during which zero mishaps occurred. The team streamlined joint safety operations, reducing duplicated effort by seventy percent, securing a $1.3 million U.S. Department of Agriculture contract.

The team investigated seventy-seven mishaps, including two major aviation events, identified fleet‑wide hazards, and maintained a mishap rate well below AMC norms. It also certified new storage magazines and moved five million pounds of explosives without incident.