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  • In Praise of War Stories

    Anyone who ever told a flying story started with "There I was ... "You may call them war stories, bar stories, hangar-flying stories, or anything else, but when military personnel with some slack time get together, there is a good chance someone will start telling tales. In the Air Force, these are

  • AMC FY13 Mishap Statistics Scoreboard

    FY13 FLIGHT SAFETY NOTESClass AAMC had three Class A flight mishaps in FY13: a C-17A landing mishap, a C-130J landing mishap/runway excursion, and a KC-135R inflight breakup. This is an increase from two in FY12.Class BThe total number of Class B mishaps also increased in FY13 as compared to the

  • Preventing Fuel Leaks

    In the past few months, I've seen safety reports from the C-17 community (USAF and international customers) about fuel leaking from cargo and the accuracy of Center of Gravity (CG) markings on vehicles and heavy equipment. As we increase the tempo of removing equipment from the Area of

  • Stop the Madness!

    We may not always be able to stop the madness at work, but we can stop the spread of sickness. Wintertime is prime cold and flu season, and it is one time when it's not good to share! Staying home from work when you are sick not only helps you get better faster, it also helps keep your workplace

  • Winter Weather Advisory

    The phrase "winter weather advisory" can only mean one thing here in southwest Ohio. It means things are about to get ugly: snow and ice, sleet, freezing rain, and those cold temperatures. One of the things I love about the area where I live is the change of the seasons. With each season, there are

  • Wind Turbines and Safety

    While on a recent site visit to investigate the issue of radar returns of wind turbines on radar approach control scopes, we discovered concerns that we had never thought of during our years of operational flying (two of us are pilots). Why had we never been aware of these issues before, and how

  • Airmen return from Brazilian-led CRUZEX exercise

    Airmen and Air National Guardsmen participated in Cruzeiro do Sul, a Brazilian-hosted air force exercise testing air-to-air maneuvers, mission planning, airdrop operations, and search and rescue skills, Nov. 4-15 in Brazil. In all, more than 150 Airmen, six F-16 Fighting Falcons, and a KC-135

  • Airfield Maps at Your Fingertips

    Every AMC aircrew member is well versed with the Giant Report, a part of the Airfield Suitability and Restrictions Report (ASRR). Now the report can be supplemented with a look at the airfield, right from your desktop.The Rapid Global Mobility viewer is the latest addition to AMC's geospatial

  • At Eight Miles a Minute!

    Arguably, no one knows the complexities and frustrations of air mobility better than AMC's aircrews. While our effectiveness as "mission hackers" is largely due to our vaunted adaptability and flexibility, human factors experts claim these same traits are sometimes the very reason for human and,