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  • Be Ready for severe weather season

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Although some natural disasters can strike at any time, people in many areas need to be particularly aware of severe weather season which brings increased risk of tornadoes, wildfires, thunderstorms with heavy rain, flooding, and damaging winds.“Knowing what

  • 86 MXS host CDDAR exercise with NATO allies

    The 86th Maintenance Squadron hosted a joint exercise for Estonian and Lithuanian partners to establish Crashed Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery capabilities at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Mar. 6 to Mar. 19.

  • PRESS RELEASE: DYESS AFB CONDUCTS BASE EXERCISE

    The 7th Bomb Wing will conduct an exercise on Dyess Air Force Base March 23-24, 2022. The exercise will evaluate the base response to an aircraft incident, ensure the readiness of emergency and safety personnel and will observe interaction with supporting off-base agencies during a crisis. During

  • Motorcycle safety: Resources. Training.

    This year, Air Force officials are taking a new approach by providing motorcycle riders more resources to include the DAFRider educational video series, preseason briefing template, and safety materials that can be used throughout the year. Units are asked to make 100% contact with military riders

  • Not On Our Watch

    Personnel assigned to the 741st Missile Squadron, 91st Maintenance and Security Forces Group, 219th Security Forces Squadron, 5th Medical Group and 5th Civil Engineer Squadron, as well as others responded to an incident in a Launch Control Center (LCC) at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on Jan. 10,

  • Senior safety leaders visit Edwards

    Lt. Col. Joshua Egan, 412th Test Wing Chief of Safety, briefs Laura Macaluso, Director, Department of Defense Force Safety and Occupational Health, on flight safety equipment prior to her orientation flight during her visit to Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 23. Macaluso accompanied Maj.

  • Poison Prevention Week aimed at avoiding exposure

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- National Poison Prevention Week, the third full week in March each year, is designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them.Every 15 seconds, someone calls a Poison Control Center in the United States, according to recent data. In

  • Know when to keep your headlights on

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Oh -- An important legal principle tells us “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” And that’s right: You can’t defend your actions by arguing you didn’t know they were illegal, even if you honestly didn’t realize you were breaking the law.The Ohio Revised Code’s

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