The Mobility Forum Posts

The physical fitness assessment for the U.S. Air Force was updated in 2022 after close to 20 years. Endurance is tested with the Air Force’s Basic Military Training (BMT) physical fitness test (PFT), which measures cardiorespiratory fitness, physical strengths, and abilities. In order to graduate from boot camp and then continue to the advanced individual training, you are required to pass the BMT PFT.

Executive Order (EO) 13859, “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI),” states that it is the policy of the U.S. Government to “sustain and enhance the scientific, technological, and economic leadership position of the United States in AI research and development and deployment through a coordinated Federal Government strategy.” Signed by the President of the United States in 2019, this strategy is guided by five principles, one of which declares that “the United States must drive technological breakthroughs in AI across the Federal Government, industry, and academia in order to promote scientific discovery, economic competitiveness, and national security.”

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?

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 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.

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.

It is Aug. 13-18, 2021. The Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) airfield in Kabul, Afghanistan, is chaotic. All established essential airfield operations, including safety procedures and protocols, practically cease to exist. The civilians contracted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to run the essential airfield services have retrograded to a secure compound, leaving operations to in-place and incoming coalition militaries. Thousands of Afghanistan civilians have fled onto the airfield to escape the approaching Taliban forces, and militaries are making security calls that may differ from those of the U.S. Air Force leadership. Every safety threat studied by Airmen seems to arise.

One way the United States Air Force remains committed to keeping Airmen and Guardians safe in the workplace is by encouraging personnel and units to participate in events like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) weeklong national safety campaign, Safe + Sound Week, which ran from Aug. 15 to 21, 2022.

Have you ever stopped and wondered about the reasoning behind some of our procedures? Those procedures are there to ensure we properly operate the aircraft. They become our safety barriers. There are many procedures that we utilize while operating an aircraft, but briefings, checklists, cross-verification, and callouts represent some important procedural safety barriers.

Fatigue is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a “… physiological state of reduced mental or physical performance capability resulting from sleep loss or extended wakefulness, circadian phase, or workload (mental and/ or physical activity) that can impair a crew member’s alertness and ability to safely operate an aircraft or perform safety-related duties.” Between 2003-2018, 32 crew fatalities were associated with fatigue across the Air Force, with four fatalities attributed to the Mobility Air Force. Fatigue-related mishaps accounted for over $2.4 billion of medical and material costs. While only 4 percent of all mishaps had fatigue as a factor, these mishaps accounted for over 18 percent of the total cost. More than 25 percent of fatigue-related mishaps were Class A mishaps.

“There has never been a moment in history nor in national strategy that has called for language and cultural skills the way these skills are called for today,” said Mr. Howard Ward Jr., director of the Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.

AMC Safety Office of the Year(AMC-Level Award Only)628 ABW Safety OfficeJoint Base Charleston, SC AMC Safety Special Achievement Award60 AMW Safety OfficeTravis AFB, CA* AMC…