Sept. 8, 2019 Acting Chief of Occupational Safety Wins Distinguished Service to Safety Award The National Safety Council awarded its top honor to Michael Ballard, Air Force Safety Center’s acting chief of occupational safety, Sept. 9 during the 2019 NSC Congress & Expo.
Sept. 3, 2019 PROACTIVE SAFETY PROGRAMS: AFSOC’s Latest Safety and Readiness Tools (This article was originally posted in the 2019 Spring/Summer edition of Focus, AFSOC's Commando Safety Journal.)MFOQA what? ASAP – as soon as possible? LOSA – no idea…Well, these are the acronyms for the DoD andHAF-directed proactive safety programs:• MFOQA: Military Flight Operations Quality
Aug. 29, 2019 Disturbing distractions Texting, right? Texting is certainly considered one of the main causes of distracted driving, however, there are numerous other examples that we fail to take into consideration. Distracted driving is something that we are continuously reminded of, yet many fail to understand how dangerous it is and
Aug. 24, 2019 12th OSS egress training saves lives With approximately 1,200 students certified or recertified every year, the program teaches pilots how to properly egress from T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II and T-38C Talon aircraft.
Aug. 22, 2019 US hosts experts from 16 countries at Indo-Pacific Safety Air Forces Exchange Members from United States Indo-Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces hosted the annual Indo-Pacific Safety Air Forces Exchange in Waikiki, Hawaii, August 19-23.
Aug. 22, 2019 Keeping Cool Over Salt Lake Capt. Jonathan Lowell recounts his story and lessons learned after experiencing an integrated power package failure while flying a F-35A.
Aug. 21, 2019 AMC C-130 rainbow fitting inspections complete In less than two weeks, all 113 Total Force C-130 Hercules aircraft have been inspected and 112 cleared to return to worldwide operational duty, following a temporary removal from service Aug. 7 designed to address atypical cracks found on an aircraft.
Aug. 20, 2019 JBLE Safety participates in OSHA Safe + Sound Week The U.S. Air Force partnered with the Occupational Safety Health Administration during Safe + Sound Week 2019 from Aug. 12 to 18 and encouraged units to participate in the “Take 3 in 30 Challenge.”
Aug. 19, 2019 Fighting to fly: Creech Airman thrives after life-changing crash Waking up in an unfamiliar place, having suffered numerous injuries, he couldn’t believe the scene set before him. He waited for the curtains to be drawn to reveal the hospital bed and medical equipment attached to him were all fake. He thought to himself “This is a crazy dream, what a crazy dream
Aug. 16, 2019 Playing it safe Aug. 12-18 is Safe and Sound week, a week created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promote improving safety nationwide.For the 49th Wing Safety Office, this is business as usual. On a regular basis, the attention to detail the safety personnel displays ensures the mission is