AMC Safety Office of the Year
By Staff Writer
THE 6TH AIR REFUELING WING SAFETY OFFICE (6 ARW) at MacDill Air Force Base, FL, has been honored as the Air Mobility Command (AMC) 2025 Safety Office of the Year. Under the leadership of Col Edward V. Szczepanik, 6 ARW set the standard for enterprise-level risk management and operational excellence through decisive leadership across high-risk, joint, and global operations.
AMC Risk Management Achievement Award
By Staff Writer
THE 19TH AIR WING SAFETY OFFICE, led by Maj Christian D. Torres, delivered exceptional results across every level of operation. The team built a base-wide training framework, qualifying ninety-nine facilitators and fifty deploying personnel. Their approach was adopted by four Major Commands and benchmarked by Air Mobility Command.
AMC Aircrew of Distinction Award
By Staff Writer
THE AIRCREW OF CROME56, 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX, showed exceptional team coordination during an in-flight emergency on March 26, 2025, aboard a C-130J aircraft. While on a mission to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, the aircraft experienced a master alert for “Utility Suction Pump Pressure Low.”
AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category II
By Staff Writer
THE 60TH AIR MOBILITY WING SAFETY OFFICE at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), CA, led by Lt Col Andrew J. Baer, safeguarded the largest Air Mobility Command (AMC) wing by completing forty-one annual inspections of 414 facilities, protecting sixteen thousand personnel and fifty-five aircraft.
AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category III
By Staff Writer
THE 437TH AIRLIFT WING, Joint Base Charleston, SC, led by Col Patrick K. McClintock, enabled more than twenty-one thousand C 17 flight hours with zero Class A and B mishaps and cut overall mishaps by one-half, supporting a $9 billion fleet of forty aircraft.
AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category IV
By Staff Writer
THE 43D AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS GROUP SAFETY OFFICE, Pope Army Airfield, NC, led by Col Allen C. Morris, Jr., executed an extensive inspection program—thirty-three total inspections covering 616 items across fourteen safety programs and fifty-one buildings.
AMC Safety Outstanding Achievement Award, Category V
By Staff Writer
THE 721ST AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS GROUP SAFETY OFFICE, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, led by Col Jordan P. Norman, is the recipient of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Outstanding Achievement Award for exceptional mission accomplishment and mishap prevention across the European theater.
AMC Safety Civilian Professional of the Year
By Staff Writer
MR. JHADE U. BUGAUISAN, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety Office, Travis Air Force Base, CA, established the Wing’s first safety blanket purchase agreement—a five-year, $5 million contract—that increased payment efficiency by 150 percent and recouped eighty-four man-hours monthly.
AMC Safety Officer of the Year
By Staff Writer
CAPT DENISE L. WASSERSTROM, High Altitude Airdrop Mission Support Training Flight Commander, 437th Special Operations Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, SC, is the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Safety Officer of the Year.
AMC Safety Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
By Staff Writer
TSGT NICHOLAS G. CREIGHTON, Occupational Safety Noncommissioned Officer In Charge, Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, served as superintendent for seven months, led unprecedented safety operations, and absorbed a 267 percent workload surge across two squadrons and the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Operations Wing.
AMC Safety Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
By Staff Writer
MSGT SCOTT T. DONOVAN, Occupational Safety Manager, 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX, directed fifty-seven personnel and certified the 621st Contingency Response Group in fifteen mission sets with zero mishaps while serving as the safety lead for the U.S. Transportation Command’s Joint Port Opening Exercise TURBO DISTRIBUTION 25-1.
AMC Occupational Safety Career Professional of the Year
By Staff Writer
TSGT BRANDON J. LABAK, Occupational Safety Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, is the Air Mobility Command Occupational Safety Career Professional of the Year.