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The primary objective of Air Force safety is simple: mishap prevention. The service has implemented many tools and practices throughout the years to support this altruistic endeavor.

SSgt Rafael DeGuzman-Paniagua, 305th Aerial Port Squadron Special Handling Representative, secures a pallet of equipment on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, March 24, 2022. The 305th Air Mobility Wing is sending equipment to Europe as part of the United States security assistance to Ukraine.

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.

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?”

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.

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.

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.

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*…

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.

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.

The 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety Office, Travis Air Force Base, CA, led by Col Corey A. Simmons, earned the 2021 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Director of Safety Special Achievement Award.