Feb. 28, 2024 Ground-breaking risk management initiative seeks to reduce aircraft maintenance mishaps Since September 2018, aircraft maintenance-related mishaps cost Air Education and Training Command more than $50 million. These mishaps happened during high-risk maintenance tasks, to include engine operational checks and aircraft towing. Fiscal Year 2023 saw an alarming spike in these preventable
Feb. 27, 2024 Motorcycle Training Range Reconstructed to Ensures Safe Learning Environment The 56th Fighter Wing Occupational Safety team worked alongside the 56th Mission Support Group and the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron to reconstruct a motorcycle training range, Feb. 23, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base.
Feb. 23, 2024 1 CBCS holds inaugural landing zone safety certification course A combined team of air traffic controllers, airfield operations officers, radar airfield weather systems technicians and airfield managers made the trip to Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, to earn their landing zone safety officer certification on Feb. 11 – 15, 2024.
Feb. 20, 2024 CV-22 Mishap Investigation Update Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Air Force Special Operations Commander, convened a Safety Investigation Board (SIB) and Accident Investigation Board (AIB) in response to the November 29, 2023 CV-22 mishap near Yakushima, Japan. The Safety Investigation is for internal military mishap prevention, while
Feb. 9, 2024 Kirtland Air Force Base's Weapon Safety Office secures award at DAF level The 377th Air Base Wing Weapons Safety Office at Kirtland Air Force Base earned a significant milestone by winning the Chief of Safety Team Weapons Safety Award at the Department of the Air Force level. Comprised of five civilians and one enlisted member, Kirtland's Weapon Safety team triumphed over
Feb. 9, 2024 Wing Safety offers winter driving safety tips Operating a vehicle can be one of the riskiest things we do each day. Compound this with the dangers of winter weather hazards, and it can be costly.
Feb. 7, 2024 Pilot’s quick thinking, proficiency earn Kolligian Trophy Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin presented the 2022 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to Maj. Brady J. Augustin, during a ceremony at the Pentagon.
Feb. 7, 2024 AEDC Safety advises caution when it comes to earthquakes in Tennessee Growing up in California, we experienced earthquakes from time to time and learned what to do when one hit.The last one I experienced before moving to Tennessee was a 6.0 earthquake that shook things up and caused some damage. Moving to the south, I worried about tornados but thought earthquakes
Feb. 1, 2024 Offutt remains a No Drone Zone As the popularity of small, unmanned aircraft systems or drones, continues to grow, Offutt Air Force Base remains a no drone zone.
Jan. 30, 2024 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