The Mobility Forum Posts

THE 305th MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, Joint Base McGuire-DIX-Lakehurst, NJ, Fuel Systems Repair Team (Fuels) applied risk management concepts when they identified a breathing air system deficiency causing respirator wearers to suddenly, and without warning, lose breathing air while in a confined space. To improve worker safety, confidence, and comfort, the team tenaciously rewrote respiratory protection program guidance in under three months with the 87th Air Base Wing’s Bioenvironmental, Safety, and Fire Protection agencies. They were able to gain half-mask respirator approval for the first time in the installation’s history.

SRA ROBERT J. BOURDO’s proactive approach was vital in maintaining a safe working environment by ensuring serviceability and enforcing preventative protocols for hazardous chemical exposure. To avoid releasing toxic waste into the sewage system, he collaborated with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for regular practices. His stewardship of spill kits prevented a catastrophe by containing 174 gallons of jet fuel during a C-17 fuel leak and averting any risk of ignition from the surrounding area.

THE CREW OF PICO 57, 50th AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL, led by Lt Col Christopher Knaute, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command Aircrew of Distinction Award.

CAPT JACOB H. REDITO, Tactics Assistant Flight Commander, Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), WA, was selected as the AMC nominee for the Koren Kolligian, Jr. Trophy, which recognizes outstanding feats of Airmanship by aircrew members who exhibit exceptional alertness, ingenuity, or proficiency, averted accidents, or minimized the seriousness of the accidents in terms of injury, loss of life, aircraft damage, or property damage.

CAPT PATRICK L. FRENCH, 40th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, TX, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command Safety Officer of the Year Award. French led his team to win the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Flight Safety Award of the Quarter through exemplary attention to detail and fleet readiness standards. With a keen eye for identifying critical deficiencies and providing actionable solutions, French managed the revisions and applicable translation for multiple flight and flightline safety protocols and procedures for internal personnel, partner nations, and host airfield use.

MSGT MADISON G. LEONARD of the 6th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Safety Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award for 2023.

TSGT ZACHARY K. HERICK, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command Safety Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award for 2023.

MR. DAVID C. O’NEIL of the 6th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL, is the Air Mobility Command Safety Civilian Professional of the Year.

THE 8th EXPEDITIONARY AIR MOBILITY SQUADRON, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category V.

THE 62D AIRLIFT WING SAFETY OFFICE (62 AW/SE), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, led by Col Sergio E. Anaya, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category IV. The wing consistently championed a safety message of “Aggressive Safety,” supporting approximately 3,000 personnel and 40 C-17s worth $8.6 billion, resulting in crucial contributions to the completion of 6,767 worldwide sorties and more than 24,946 flying hours.

THE 6th AIR REFUELING WING SAFETY OFFICE, MacDill Air Force Base, FL, led by Col Adam D. Bingham, has been announced as the winner of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Outstanding Achievement Award, Category III. The team identified a 95 percent increase in near mid-air collision reporting, led four conferences with five local airports, and briefed 250 pilots and nine controllers on real-time avoidance, reducing hazards to zero for more than 100 days in the U.S.’s 11th busiest airspace.

THE 436th AIRLIFT WING SAFETY OFFICE of Dover Air Force Base (AFB), DE, led by Col William C. McDonald, received this year’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category II.