The Mobility Forum Posts

Anyone who has been lucky enough to experience the uniquely American phenomenon of the Fourth of July knows what the holiday entails: red, white, and blue decorations; feasts; parades; loved ones; and, of course, fireworks.

CMSgt Brian Kruzelnick receives instruction on the use of the 19th Maintenance Group Virtual Reality demo by SSgt Jonathan Allen, 19th Maintenance Group Maintenance Qualification Training Instructor, at Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, Oct. 19, 2020.
USAF photo by 1 Lt Jessica Cicchetto

Nothing is better than wading into the cool, refreshing water of the ocean on a hot summer day. The sand squishes between your toes as you move farther and farther away from the shore.

Staying hydrated is crucial for good health. Some experts suggest drinking 64 ounces of water throughout the day. Others suggest the rule of thumb of drinking one-third of your body weight in fluid ounces of water each day.

Polish the chrome, gather your gear, and grab your maps … summer is here!

A camping trip is a recurring plot in movies for a reason. Many things can go wrong— both onscreen and in real life. Realistically, it is smart to prepare for mishaps before camping, especially for the worst-case scenarios.

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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.