2012 Air Force safety awards announced

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Air Force Safety Center officials have released the list of recipients of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff and Chief of Safety Awards for 2012.

"The Air Force can be proud of its many safety achievements in 2012," said Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, Air Force chief of safety. "It's the individuals and organizations within our safety community that make our program so successful and continue to move us forward in the transformation of a new proactive safety culture."

Air Force Safety Award winners are:

Secretary of the Air Force Safety Award - Pacific Air Forces
Col. Will L. Tubbs Memorial Award - Air Education and Training Command
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois Trophy - Air National Guard
Lt. Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy - Maj. Douglas Witmer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs
Safety Career Professional of the Year Award - Tech. Sgt. James Yerger, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany (USAFE)
Air Force Nuclear Surety Outstanding Achievement Award - Master Sgt. Thomas Erven, 55th Bomb Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb. (ACC)
Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Weapons Safety - Tech. Sgt. Anthony Moore, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C. (ACC)

Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Ground Safety:
Category I - Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla. (AFMC)
Category II - 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany (USAFE)
Category III - 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, Korea (PACAF)
Category IV - 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan (AFSOC)
Category V - 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron (AMC)

Air Force Chief of Safety Special Achievement Award - Capt. Adam King, 43rd Airlift Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. (AMC)
Air Force Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award - Crew of Skull 60, 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (AETC)
Air Force Chief of Safety Aviation Maintenance Safety Award - Staff Sgt. Heath Mayle, 728th Air Mobility Squadron, Incirlik AB, Turkey (AMC)
Air Force Chief of Safety Space Safety Award - Launch & Range Systems Directorate Safety Team, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, Calif. (AFSPC)
Air Force Chief of Safety Cyber Safety Award - Air Force Network Integration Center, Scott AFB, Ill. (AFSPC)

Aero Club Safety Certificates:
Hanscom AFB, Mass. (AFMC); Robins AFB, Ga. (AFMC); Beale AFB, Calif. (ACC); Dover AFB, Del. (AMC); Travis AFB, Calif. (AMC); Yokota AB, Japan (PACAF)