Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

Safety News

  • 54th OSS ensures safe flight operations

    As one of the largest training bases in the Air Force, one of Team Holloman’s missions is to graduate combat-ready pilots. While all members of Holloman assist in this mission, it's the 54th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controllers who regulate daily air operations, cultivating the next

  • Warren FD conducts Ice Rescue Course

    Members of the F.E. Warren Fire Department held an Ice Rescue Course to prepare for possible ice hazards that can occur during harsh Wyoming winters.

  • Flight safety BASHes airfield hazards at AB 201

    The 406th AEW Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, or BASH program helps monitor the airfield environment and aircrew understand potential risks prior to flight operations. BASH wildlife surveys monitor and deter animals that could be a threat to aircraft and the airfield environment.

  • Icicle hazards: What you need to know to stay safe this winter

    Around this time of year, proper precautions such as timely snow removal and adherence to safety guidelines, are essential to prevent accidents during winter weather conditions. Icicles are a common sight during winter, but they can pose a serious threat to people’s safety.

  • Dover AFB female innovators create bump cap for female maintainers

    Innovation is a never-ending mission for the Airmen of the United States Air Force. Recently, two Team Dover aircraft maintainers, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sheila Moody, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Air Force Repair Enhancement Program aircraft structural journeyman and U.S. Air Force Staff

  • Pedestrian-activated crossing warning devices at work on Hill

    Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon crossings, with a crossing sign, arrow indicator and rectangular-shaped beacons that contain flashing LED lights, have been installed at several high-risk crossings on Hill Air Force Base.These lights draw attention to pedestrian crossings and alert approaching

  • 3rd Wing kicks off 2024 with Safety Day

    In an effort to enhance safety measures and prevent mishaps, the 3rd Wing held its annual Safety Day, emphasizing the importance of everyday safety practices, on Jan. 3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The event focused on mishap prevention for flights and inspections; safety and accident trend

  • Arnold AFB Safety provides tips in avoiding cold weather hazards

    With the extreme cold we have already experienced this season, and winter in full swing, I was reminded how unprepared for cold weather many of us are and how quickly you can get into trouble in cold weather. It only takes a few minutes for hypothermia or frostbite to cause serious injury.What is

Send an article

The Air Force Safety Center has a continuing need for original articles and photos, so we can get the vitally important message of safety out to Airmen and Guardians everywhere. Whether you're a safety professional or not and you've had a safety-related experience while deployed, at work, or off duty, please take the time to write an account of the event and send it to us at afsec.pa@us.af.mil. If your story is selected for publication, you'll receive credit for being published on an Air Force-level website.

We welcome reader comments, suggestions, and story ideas. You can e-mail them to us at the address above, or call the Chief of Public Affairs at DSN 246-2098 or commercial (505) 846-2098. Our mailing address is HQ AFSEC/SEP, 9700 G Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5670. We look forward to hearing from you.