The Mobility Forum Stories

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MS. SUSAN E. TUREK is the Occupational Safety Specialist for the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, FL, and the fiscal year 2025 Air Mobility Command (AMC) Occupational Safety Civilian of the Year nominee. During fiscal year 2025, she validated controls for twenty-nine injects during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection, supporting seven launches and ten alert responses without incident.

MR. CLIFFORD M. COLEMAN JR., 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX, is the winner of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Individual Aviation Maintenance Safety Award. He was recognized for successfully leading two units that provided round-the-clock maintenance support for twenty-eight aircraft.

THE 660TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM at Travis Air Force Base, CA, led by Major Robert J. Bligh, trained 545 Airmen to enable 665 sorties, garnering 2,100 flying hours, and offloading 5.1 million pounds of fuel, achieving a zero percent air abort rate.

TSGT DANIEL S. SANTOS of the 62d Airlift Wing Safety Office, Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA, was awarded this year’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) Individual Weapons Safety Award.

THE 6TH AIR REFUELING WING WEAPONS SAFETY TEAM, MacDill Air Force Base, FL, led by Col Edward V. Szczepanik, demonstrated exceptional weapons safety leadership, enabling 608 munitions inspections and 3,800 movements totaling 20,400 pounds of net explosive weight, directly strengthening combat readiness across global missions.

TSGT ADAM R. SERYDYNSKI, Flight Safety Noncommissioned Officer (NCO), 6th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL, is the 2025 Air Mobility Command Flight Safety NCO of the Year. Among his many achievements, Serydynski served as a pivotal flight safety advisor during the Category 3 Hurricane Milton response efforts and directed proactive risk mitigation strategy for Andersen AFB, Guam, during an impending typhoon.