May 4, 2016 Cycling safety: back in the saddle As the weather warms up, bicycle riders are saddling up more often, but biking without the proper equipment or knowledge, can be dangerous for everyone on the road.Cyclists of all ages are required to wear a properly fitted helmet and are recommended to wear highly visible clothing during the day
May 4, 2016 Keep roads safe: Do not text, drive As you all know, spring is upon us and the summer months are fast approaching. What does this mean? It means larger numbers of people will be out and about enjoying the warm weather. And activities such as walking, running, bicycling, etc. will become more prevalent in our military and civilian
April 26, 2016 AFSEC trains students from 89 nations Twenty-two people from 15 nations have been learning at Kirtland Air Force Base how to make aviation safer and figure out what went wrong in aircraft mishaps.The Air Force Security Assistance Training (AFSAT) Program International Flight Safety Officer Course, run by the Air Force Safety Center
April 22, 2016 Command chief encourages Airmen to ride safely Schriever Air Force Base's command chief is not new to motorcycles. In fact, he has been riding since his senior year of high school--in 1990."I was looking to get something in addition to my car that was fun to ride, give me that feeling of freedom and the opportunity to go off by myself and use
April 22, 2016 Motorcycle safety: never out of season The Vandenberg Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club and the base safety office recently teamed up to host the annual motorcycle safety briefing with guest speaker Eric Trow, owner of Stayin' Safe Advanced Rider Training.Aside from fulfilling the annual requirement for base motorcyclists the
April 19, 2016 International Flight Safety Officer course's 1000th student 1st Lt. Ali Khadeem Said Al-Fathi, Royal Air Force of Oman, displays the commander's coin presented by Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Mueller, Air Force chief of safety, as the 1,000th student to attend the Air Force Safety Center's International Flight Safety Officer Course at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.,
April 12, 2016 Complacency is NOT for the birds Note: Long before the Air Force Safety Center stood up at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on Jan. 1, 1996, Airmen were sharing their lessons learned in a variety of safety publications such as Aerospace Safety, Aerospace Maintenance Safety, Air Force Driver, among others. During a year-long
April 12, 2016 Airman attributes life changes to wrestling (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.)After moving from project housing to a higher income city when he was 9 years old, Morris Thomas, now a 50th Space Wing Safety Office staff sergeant at Schriever
March 29, 2016 5 EAMS conducts fall protection exercise Senior Airman Jerome Llanes, 5th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-17 communications navigation systems technician, raises a B-1 stand to support a mock casualty during a fall protection exercise on the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 14, 2016. A fall
March 22, 2016 Be Trained for the Task at Hand Note: Long before the Air Force Safety Center stood up at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on Jan. 1, 1996, Airmen were sharing their lessons learned in a variety of safety publications such as Aerospace Safety, Aerospace Maintenance Safety, Air Force Driver, among others. During a year-long