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  • Success of Proactive Safety Programs Relies on "Just Culture" Acceptance

    First, what is "Just Culture"?A widely accepted and published definition comes from Dr. James Reason, a noted psychologist who has worked in the aviation field with the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine and the U.S. Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, and received the 2001 U.S.A. Flight

  • 2013 Safety Office of the Year

    2013 Safety Office of the Year436 Air WingDover Air Force Base, DelawareLt Col Jason Mills, Chief, 436 AW Safety at Dover AFB, says every Safety Office at every base works hard. But he is obviously proud of what his folks accomplished in 2013 that garnered them the 2013 Safety Office of the Year

  • Nuclear Surety Individual of the Year

    Nuclear Surety Individual of the YearMr. Thomas E. Thompson62 AW, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WAMr. Thomas E. Thompson is the Wing Nuclear Surety Manager for the 62d Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, where he manages the Nuclear Surety Program for the Department of Defense's only airlift

  • RiderCoach of the Year

    RiderCoach of the YearSSgt Daniel L. Grove436 AW, Dover AFB, DESSgt Daniel L. Grove is a C-17 Loadmaster assigned to the 3d Airlift Squadron at Dover AFB, DE. He was born at Eglin AFB, where his father was a member of the Air Force Reserve. SSgt Grove enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in 2008 and

  • Explosives Safety Individual of the Year

    Explosives Safety Individual of the Year TSgt Byron K. Allen 375 AMW, Scott AFB, ILTSgt Byron K. Allen is the Weapons Safety Manager for the 375th Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB, IL. He is solely responsible for implementing the weapons safety program for the entire installation, in addition to

  • 435th AGOW Airmen lead Rwandan port operations

    In an effort to confront destabilizing forces and violence within the Central African Republic, France and the African Union have requested U.S. support to move Rwandan forces into the region.Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group responded to the request. A

  • Travis Airman named Air Force's best

    Growing up on a farm in Jacksonville, Fla., Airman 1st Class David Holliman didn't deal with many electronic devices as a kid. However, nowadays, he operates and maintains some of the military's most advanced ground radar and radio equipment . Moreover, he was recently named one of the Air Force's

  • Final words from the Chief: 'Thank you for the inspiration'

    A 19-year-old man, bagging groceries for $4 an hour and his new wife, expecting their first child, joined the Air Force, unknowing he'd become the Air Mobility Command command chief master sergeant. Thirty years later, Chief Master Sgt. Richard "Andy" Kaiser, retired Jan. 17, here. "A heartfelt

  • Mobility Airmen exercise global response

    Hundreds of total force mobility Airmen joined their U.S. Army counterparts to exercise the rapid introduction of forces into hostile environments during exercise Global Response Expeditor here Jan. 6 through Jan. 16.The exercise brings together forces of United States Transportation Command and the