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NEWS

  • Safety is a Leadership Issue

    For many of our AMC Airmen, the upcoming months bring with them both the joys of the holiday season and the dangers of dealing with wintry weather conditions. The holidays offer an opportunity to pause and reflect on past accomplishments, visit with family and friends, and set new goals for the

  • Think BEFORE You Drink!

    According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, most Americans--97 percent--say that impaired driving is a threat to their community. Think about that ... 97 percent is an overwhelming majority! Yet about 40 percent of all vehicle crash deaths involve alcohol. So how is it that most

  • What Do Ground Safety Managers DO?

    What is a normal workday for a Ground Safety Manager (GSM)? First, if one spent any time in the safety realm, it is apparent that the word "normal" does not coincide with the happenings of a day. Second, if you contact 20 different GSMs on any given day and ask what they did on that particular day,

  • Spotlight Award: KC-135R Aircrew

    While deployed for the 906th Air Refueling Squadron in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and peacekeeping mission over Iraq, Capt Todd Walker, Capt Christopher Miller, and SSgt Jarrett Crawford from 375 Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB who were associated with 126 Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB,

  • Instructors visit Scott to host course on aerial port operations

    For more than eight hours a day, three instructors from the 423rd Mobility Training Squadron based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, taught the Management of Aerial Port Operations Course here, Nov. 3-14.An aerial port is the area where cargo or passengers are loaded or unloaded from

  • Thank You

    To the safety officers, non-commissioned officers and civilians throughout our Air Force, I want to say thank you for your incredible efforts over the last year. Due to your vigilance, the 2014 fiscal year was the safest ground safety year in 10 years and the safest flight safety year in the history

  • AMC members get new app to solve their own computer problems

    As the Air Force Enterprise Service Desk (ESD) goes virtual, Air Force members will see a new application on their computer that allows them to immediately tackle and fix minor IT problems.  The Virtual Enterprise Service Desk (vESD) is a client-based application that allows the user to solve common

  • Fairchild recognizes National Smoking Cessation Month

    November is the National Smoking Cessation Month and Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Also, Great American Smokeout is Nov. 20.Because of these events the 92nd Medical Group wants to increase awareness about the resources available to Airmen at Fairchild AFB.Here are some shocking anti-smoking

  • Program helps veterans ease into civilian life

    Horses are helping the nation's wounded warriors through an unusual therapy program. It's called Equine Assisted Therapy, and targets military members who've experienced Post-Traumatic Stress, or a Traumatic Brain Injury."Horses and humans react so well to each other because the behavior of a heard