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    Summer water safety; tragedy can be avoided

    Summertime is heading our way, and with the warm weather, more adventures abound. Whether you are into boating, swimming, kayaking, or paddle boarding, there will be water hazards.
  • Julio Toala, Air Force Civil Engineer Center GeoBase program geospatial operations manager, receives training from Joseph Campbell, Emerging Technologies Institute chief technology officer and lead instructor, on drone pre-flight checks at San Geronimo Air Park, Texas, May 7, 2021. The training focused on pre- and post-flight checks, projecting flight patterns and 3D mapping using images from the drone. The Air Force GeoBase mission is to create and exploit geospatial information and services to optimize agile combat support and minimize operational risk.

    AF GeoBase safely integrates sUAS in AFCEC operations

    The Department of the Air Force is one step closer to safely and more widely integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into civil engineering operations, thanks to the Air Force GeoBase Program’s sUAS office.
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    Keep safety first and foremost during the Memorial Day weekend

    As Memorial Day approaches, millions of travelers will be on the road heading out to enjoy the summer sun with friends and family. With that being said, there are some things to keep in mind and plan for over the holiday weekend.
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    Risk Management - the key to a safe and enjoyable summer

    The Department of the Air Force reminds Airmen and Guardians to apply sound risk management when enjoying outdoor and recreational activities with family and friends this summer. The summer focus period runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
  • The campaign is open through Dec. 31, 2021 to DoD employees and contractors, who can submit their ideas and view other submissions at https://usaf.ideascalegov.com/a/campaign-home/222. (Artwork by Capt. Austin Troya)

    Commentary: Minuteman III program office leads innovation with new campaign

    A team of members from AFNWC and Air Force Global Strike Command has taken the lead on an innovation process to deploy projects faster while eliminating delays caused by lengthy or belated engineering reviews.
  • Photo of Maj. Marshall Klitzke, a traditional Reservist assigned to the 70th Flight Training Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, who will be among the five Air Force-affiliated climbers attempting to scale Denali beginning May 29.

    Denali climbers hope to highlight importance of proactive resilience

    Five current and former Airmen - including two Air Force Reservists - who are planning to scale the highest mountain peak in North America beginning later this month, are hoping their expedition will put a spotlight on the importance of proactive resilience.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Paul Olexa, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion apprentice, pitches an idea called the Mag Rug during a Spark Tank competition, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 9, 2020. Whiteman Spark Tank is a competition where Airmen pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of wing and community leadership. Eleven ideas were pitched and the judges selected two to compete at the Air Force Global Strike Command’s Spark Tank competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)

    Whiteman AFB Airman innovates, develops smart maintenance floor mat to prevent FOD

    One Whiteman Air Force Base Airman took it upon himself to try to prevent these maintenance costs after learning about the risks of FOD and the importance of having good attention to detail on the flight line.
  • A firefighter from the 788th Civil Engineer Fire Department, talks with an individual from the 88th Air Base Wing safety office during a base exercise at Huffman Prairie Flying Field, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 2, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    88 ABW safety office provides key service that fulfills line of effort

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  Both inspiring and executing the 88th Air Base Wing command team’s revived lines of effort, the 88 ABW safety office takes pride in maximizing mission effectiveness every day as they continue to provide effective initial safety response to everyone on the installation.What are the lines of effort anyway?
  • Tyler Adams, a US Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist at Hill AFB, displays an owl captured near the base's flight line. The bird will be taken to a new habitat as part of the Raptor Relocation Program, which focuses on trapping kestrels, hawks, owls, and other raptors and relocating the birds to safer and more suitable habitats away from the airfield.

    Relocation program helps raptors find new homes

    Wildlife managers at Hill Air Force Base are working overtime to preserve the lives of predatory raptors while also minimizing bird strikes that can occur to aircraft flying in and out of the base’s airfield.
  • A photo of Captain Bye posing in front of aircraft.

    75 FS pilot crash lands A-10

    A little more than a year ago, Capt. Taylor Bye was forced to land an A-10C Thunderbolt II after a catastrophic gun malfunction. On a basic surface attack ride at Grand Bay Range, Bye’s attempts to fire her gun were met with severe failures that prevented her landing gear from deploying, caused panels to fly off and sent her canopy soaring through the sky.
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