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  • An F-15E runway departure after an unplanned cable engagement is just one scenario among myriad mishaps that safety professionals are expected to support in deployed locations. Training and education prior to receiving deployment orders can ease Airmen through pre-deployment preparation and lessen the stress of short-notice taskings. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Deployment preparation starts now

    It's Thursday at 1615. The squadron just received a short-notice tasking for a safety professional to deploy to an air expeditionary wing in Afghanistan. The reporting date is in 18 days.How could this happen? Who do I contact? How can I prepare? Tick tock, tick tock ...How could this happen? Reclamas. While the reclama rate for safety
  • Capt. Marshall Klitzke scales Ama Dablam during a trip to eastern Nepal in fall 2012. Ama Dablam, whose main peak stands at 22,349 feet, is one of the most popular Himalayan mountain climbs permitted for the public. Klitzke is a 2005 Air Force Academy graduate and an instructor pilot for the 557th Flying Training Squadron, which supports the Academy's powered flight airmanship program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    'The Third Pole': Team of Airmen to attempt Mount Everest climb

    Four Air Force Academy graduates may be busy preparing to climb the world's highest peak in May, but they haven't forgotten where mountaineering first began for them: here, climbing Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks as cadets. A team of six seasoned, Air Force mountaineers, currently stationed in Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Virginia, will
  • The Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period Jan. 1, 2010, to Dec. 31, 2011. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Keith Wright)

    AFSEC earns Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    The Air Force Safety Center has earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for exceptionally meritorious service for the period Jan. 1, 2010, to Dec. 31, 2011.Among the highlights of the award period were the "Back to Basics" approach resulting in stronger regulatory compliance and enhanced nuclear surety, the "best year ever" for
  • Capt. Colin Merrin, member of the USAF 7 Summits Challenge team, stands at Aconcagua base camp located in the Andes mountain range in Argentina. His trek up Aconcagua helped prepare him for his upcoming goal to climb Mount Everest. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Colin Merrin)

    Airman journeys to top of the world

    The Tibetans call it "Chomolungma," meaning "mother goddess of the world." GPS satellite equipment measures its peak at 29,035 feet, and for Capt. Colin Merrin, Mount Everest will soon be a bullet on his mountaineering resume that can't be topped.Merrin, a GPS operator from the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here, will begin the journey of a
  • More than 20 Air Force and contractor experts from the aviation safety community discuss the use of Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance in support of the MQ-9. Key topics addressed during the meeting hosted by the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M., included the use of data files to create routine operations measurements and triggered events for analysts to detect potential mishap precursors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Wright)

    MQ-9 mishap reduction

  • AF names 2012 GEICO Military Service Awards nominees

    Four Airmen are nominees for the 2012 Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Nominees include Tech. Sgt. Cecilia N. Cardenas, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss; Senior Master Sgt. Michael V. Marascia, Dyess AFB, Texas; Senior Master Sgt. Steven L. Rinehart, Misawa Air Base, Japan;
  • Commanders, supervisors, safety professionals and Airmen everywhere, thank you for all you do to make our Air Force safer. Happy holidays! (Air Force graphic by SSgt. Lisa Gonzales)

    Happy holidays and thank you

    Commanders, supervisors, safety professionals and Airmen everywhere, thank you for all you do to make our Air Force safer. Happy holidays!

  • Air Force officials receive closure letter for environmental restoration site

    The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a closure letter Nov. 1, for the environmental restoration of a site located 4.5 miles southwest of the flightline here, where a B-47 plane crashed in 1958.On Nov. 4, 1958, a B-47 carrying one nuclear bomb caught fire while taking off from Dyess Air Force Base, crashing into a privately owned
  • SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, Air Force Chief of Safety, speaks with Col. David Julazadeh, 52nd Fighter Wing commander, in the 52nd FW headquarters building Dec. 12, 2012. Woodward toured Spangdahlem AB to familiarize herself with daily 52nd FW safety operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo/Released)

    Air Force safety chief visits Spangdahlem AB

    The U.S. Air Force Chief of Safety visited Spangdahlem Dec. 12, 2012, as part of a familiarization tour.The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Safety Summit takes place at Ramstein Air Base this week, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward took the opportunity to visit other air bases in the local area to get a feel for wing safety operations."I
  • This holiday season, take the time to make the right decision. The 2012 Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council want you to have fun, stay safe. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Lisa Gonzales)

    A2A holiday video - No holiday for safety

    This holiday season, take the time to make the right decision. The 2012 Airman-to-Airman (A2A) Safety Advisory Council want you to have fun, stay safe.The A2A's primary purpose is to enhance the Air Force Chief of Safety's efforts in preventing mishaps within the disproportionately high-risk 17-26 year old age group. The council was established in
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