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Robert Clapp: Distinguished Civilian Service Award Nomination

By Staff Writer

Robert D. Clapp, Deputy Chief of Safety and Occupational Safety Manager, 22d Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Safety Office at McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), KS, has been nominated for the 66th Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.

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What Makes You Tick?

By MR. ANTHONY MCKEE, AMC Occupational Safety

Every year, Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off the start of Air Mobility Command (AMC)’s Critical Days of Summer safety campaign, which runs through Labor Day weekend. During this period, we typically see an increase …

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721st Aerial Port Squadron, Ramstein, Germany: Casa de Pax

By DR. ANDREW WACKERFUSS, 521 AMOW HISTORIAN

The COVID-19 crisis entered a new phase in early March 2020, inconveniencing travelers around the world as one country after another closed its borders …

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BASH: Keeping Aviators Alive

By MR. DEAN J. JOHNSON, CHIEF OF SAFETY, 109th AIRLIFT WING

A recent incident at Albany International Airport, NY, highlights how important it is to be aware that we share the flying environment with many wildlife species.

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A Safe Unit Is a Ready Unit

By MS. JESSIE PERKINS, AIR FORCE SAFETY CENTER

How does your organization measure up? Are violations of operating instructions in the unit common? Is the organization genuinely concerned about safety?

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Airman From Travis AFB Saves Life of Local Motorist

By SRA CHRISTIAN CONRAD, 60TH AIR MOBILITY WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SrA Max Brunwasser, 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Combat Navigation Journeyman, was on his way to work in the early hours of September 8, 2020, straddling the dark, winding narrows of Highway 113 in his Subaru Legacy.

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A Look at the New “Flying White House” and Its Crew

By MS. ALLISON ELLIOT, STAFF WRITER

On February 15, 2021, National Geographic released a behind­-the-scenes look at the new Air Force One jets that will replace the current jets in 2024. The documentary, The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress, goes into the details …

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Air Force Well Done Award

By Staff

The Air Force Well Done Award is presented to Staff Sergeant Tyson L. Meendering and Airman First Class Dustin W. Gallegos, 62d Munitions Flight, 62d Maintenance Group, 62d Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. While serving in the Munitions Maintenance Storage Element on 7 February 2020, the Airmen identified a major safety hazard …

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AIR MOBILITY COMMAND WELL DONE AWARD

By Staff

The Air Mobility Command Well Done Award is presented to Captain Charles Cummings in recognition of outstanding achievements in flight. As the aircraft commander of Reach 444, Captain Cummings demonstrated the highest quality of Airmanship, leadership, and decision-making …

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AIR MOBILITY COMMAND WELL DONE AWARD

By Staff

The Air Mobility Command Well Done Award is presented to SSgt Kaleb T. Hamrac in recognition of cunning ingenuity as an Aerial Port Expediter Load Director by implementing a novel and safe transload method for an MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System.

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“Safety First” Protects Airmen, Resources

By SRA GREG ERWIN, 375th AIR MOBILITY WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

You may have seen these signs around your base: “CAUTION: WATCH YOUR STEP,” “DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE,” or even “CONSTRUCTION AREA: AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.”

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Florence Nightingale: The Lady With the Statistics

By MS. KIM KNIGHT, STAFF WRITER

“Statistics is the most important science in the whole world: for upon it depends the practical application of every other science and of every art: the one science essential to all political and social administration, all education, all organization based on experience, for it only gives results of our experience,” said Florence Nightingale.

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