Feb. 17, 2022 U.S. Air Force Chief of Safety tours 512th Rescue Squadron co-pilots UH-1 U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Department of Air Force Chief of Safety, toured and attended pre-flight briefings at the 512th Rescue Squadron before co-piloting a UH-1 Huey flight. As the Air Force Safety Center commander, Leavitt is responsible for the development, execution and
Feb. 17, 2022 Senior Enlisted Safety leaders visit Maxwell Air Force Base Our senior enlisted safety leaders recently visited Maxwell Air Force Base to discuss opportunities and challenges facing the safety career field. They visited the Community College of the Air Force and looked at Air Force credentialing opportunities, talked to 1S0 program managers, and visited the
Feb. 13, 2022 AFRL holds directed, kinetic energy wargaming experiment The experiment placed pilots, weapon systems officers and air battle managers in a series of virtual vignettes exploring mission sets that relate to the combined use of directed and kinetic energy systems, linking past studies and future concepts.
Feb. 11, 2022 Safety leaders visit 314th Airlift Wing Air Force Safety Center Vice Commander Col. Rich Carrell and AFSEC Psychologist and Aviation Psychology Career Field Manager Maj. Nancy B. Delaney, BSC, Ph.D., ABPP recently visited Little Rock Air Force Base.
Feb. 10, 2022 Decreasing injuries is the goal What is safety? Safety is the state of being safe or not being dangerous or harmful; freedom from harm or danger or a safe place according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the Oxford dictionary gives its definition as the state of being safe and protected from danger or harm.
Feb. 9, 2022 Aerial Porters: Safety first, by the book, and on time The 386 ELRS Aerial Port Flight, also known as “Port Dawgs,” is responsible for all management and movement of passengers and cargo transported through airlift.
Feb. 4, 2022 Keep caution in mind when using home space heaters WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The high cost of heating oil and natural gas, combined with energy-saving efforts, raises the potential for increased use of alternative sources.Space heaters and other supplemental-heating devices may be viewed by a lot of people as a good alternative. They
Feb. 3, 2022 Safe runways focus of BASH team The Bird Air Strike Hazard team at Tinker Air Force Base has been keeping the runways safe for pilots during the heaviest times for migratory birds to travel.The need for BASH teams came about following the E-3 crash of Yukla-27 at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska on Sept. 22, 1995. The aircraft hit a flock of
Jan. 28, 2022 Shoveling snow not without hazards, health risks WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As winter’s peak approaches, snowfall has ticked up around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Miami Valley region. It can come in waves and often in large amounts at once.Here are a few tips for those who don’t have much snow-shoveling experience and some
Jan. 25, 2022 Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt visits the 37th Training Group, 344th Training Squadron U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt, chief of safety and commander, Air Force Safety Center, left, and U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ryan L. Wakerlig, occupational safety instructor, center, discuss a virtual reality training scenario, while U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryna Hanson practices,