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  • Be prepared if a power outage occurs

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With winter in full swing, it’s important to understand and be prepared for power outages.Power outages can occur for many reasons, including thunder, lightning, snow and ice storms; or strong winds. Outages due to severe weather could be as short as a light

  • Occupational Safety performs yearly inspection of the 1st SOSS

    The 1st Special Operations Wing occupational safety office conducts a safety inspection Feb. 15, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Occupational Safety technician’s yearly inspections provide opportunities for Airmen to voice any concerns for their unit’s safety or emergency readiness.

  • Black ice’: An unseen killer

         WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- While no ice is black, the universal nomenclature for clear ice on roadways is ‘black ice.”It’s among the deadliest hazards drivers have to contend with during winter months. Motorists must be aware of it and know what to do if they encounter black ice

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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