AMC Team Aviation Maintenance Safety Award
By Staff Writer
660th Aircraft Maintenance Management Team
60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, CA
The 660th Aircraft Maintenance Management Team at Travis Air Force Base, CA, led by Major Robert J. Bligh, trained 545 Airmen to enable 665 sorties, garnering 2,100 flying hours, and offloading 5.1 million pounds of fuel, achieving a zero percent air abort rate. They organized a Safety Down Day, addressing twelve safety action items, netting zero aircraft incidents for four months. Using quality assurance for an outside maintenance process evaluation, they identified training gaps and improved maintenance processes. The team identified and corrected an equipment failure for an Edwards KC-46 emergency, resulting in a Code 1 landing. They were consistently called on to rescue broken aircraft across the Pacific Ocean, deploying thirty-two recovery teams that returned aircraft to safe flying condition within seventy-two hours on average. Their efforts strengthened readiness, safety, and sustainment across the KC-46 enterprise.