ATVs: Not the Same as “Seen on TV”
By MS. PAULA COLLINS, STAFF WRITER
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are a popular source of summer entertainment. Whether you like mountains, prairies, dunes, or beaches, you can take an ATV there. If you do not own an ATV, they are often available for rent at venues that offer off-road riding opportunities. What better way to soak up the sun and fresh air with family or friends than on an ATV?
MISHAP-FREE FLYING HOUR MILESTONES
By Staff Writer
10,000 Hours 312th Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, CA SMSgt James V. Grant 7,500 Hours 182 AW, Peoria, IL Lt Col Jeffrey S. Teuscher 6,500 Hours…
Risk Management – Facilitating the Safety Process
By MAJ STEVE BOSTWICK, AMC FLIGHT SAFETY
Risk Management is a foundational tenant of a sound safety culture. Preemptively identifying hazards allows personnel to assess the inherent risks within a mission and effectively develop mitigation strategies to address these potential hurdles. Additionally, this process highlights hazards to the appropriate risk acceptance authority, permitting leadership to provide supplemental guidance while also determining if the identified risk is acceptable.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
By Staff Writer
Capt Courtney Smith, 60th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate Chief of Administrative Separations, speaks with Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets during a Project Tuskegee, Aviation Inspiration Mentorship event at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), CA, April 28, 2023.
Brig Gen Daniel DeVoe Discusses How the 618th Air Operations Center Does Business
By Ms. Kim Knight, Staff Writer
For Air Mobility Command (AMC), 2021 was a monumental year that began and ended with the ongoing COVID-19 effort, resulting in the delivery of more than 50,000 vaccines to some of the hardest hit countries. In addition, 80 missions transported 340 patients in biocontainment systems for the well-being of all involved. In March, one of the first major operations was Octave Quartz, the repositioning of forces in United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and the movement of roughly 440,000 pounds of cargo in an effort to promote peace in Somalia. From April to July, AMC took the heavy lift of the retrograde in Afghanistan head-on, moving thousands of personnel and 16,000 pieces of equipment from the area. The “go to zero” equaled approximately 900 C-17s of cargo. Then in August, the gray tails of AMC’s mighty fleet were seen on every mainstream news media outlet across the globe during the 17-day record-breaking airlift of 124,000 refugees in a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, Afghanistan called Operation Allies Refuge.
So, What Can I Do With MFOQA Analysis?
By MR. BILL KROUSE, OPS RAMS TEAM, UTRS MFOQA PROGRAM MANAGER
During a recent Safety Investigation Board (SIB), the Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) Flight Data Analyst was asked, “What could MFOQA analysis provide to assist the investigation of a mishap?”
Safety Is a Risk Management Program
By MR. KEVIN SLUSS, CSP, AMC RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS MANAGER
Is safety a risk management program? Although many of you may have thought the opposite was true, the answer is “Yes,” according to an excellent presentation given by Eric Brenkert at the Air Force Academy earlier this year.
Accelerating Change Leads to National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety
By MS. JESSIE PERKINS, AIR FORCE SAFETY CENTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
On September 26, SMSgt Victorio Gutierrez, Wing Safety Superintendent, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, was one of 38 people recognized by the National Safety Council as a Rising Star of Safety for 2021.
Weapons Safety Managers Find the Best Solution Through TEAMWORK
By MR. FRANK ENDAYA, MR. JUSTIN TAYLOR, AND MR. LANCE FRASIER, 628TH AIR BASE WING WEAPONS SAFETY MANAGERS
It started with a phone call from the Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Commander to Weapons Safety Managers (WSMs). The WSMs were on a fact-finding mission to assess if Joint Base (JB) Charleston, SC, could support the 82d Airborne Division (ABN) while the Pope Army Airfield, NC, flightline was under construction for repairs.
FY21 Air Mobility Command Annual Safety Award Winners and Department of the Air Forces Nominees
By Staff Writer
AMC Director of Safety Special Achievement60 AMW Safety OfficeTravis AFB, CA* AMC Safety Civilian Professional of the YearMr. Hector S. Alcazar436 AW/SE, Dover AFB, DE*…
Safety Office of the Year: 62nd Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA
By Staff Writer
he 62d Airlift Wing (62 AW), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, led by Col David A. Fazenbaker, has been awarded the 2021 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Safety Office of the Year recognition.
Director of Safety Aircrew of Distinction: REACH 871
By Staff Writer
The Crew of Reach 871, 6th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, executed the single largest evacuation in the history of the C-17 by safely flying 823 Afghan civilians out of the hostile Kabul International Airport (HKIA). Twelve hours later, the crew delivered 231 additional U.S. forces to HKIA and evacuated another 297 Afghans on their return leg, earning them the 2021 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Director of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award.