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April 25, 2024
AETC Occupational Safety team earns top Air Force honor

Air Education and Training Command’s Occupational Safety Division won the 2023 Colonel Will L. Tubbs Memorial Award for Occupational Safety, which recognizes the best ground safety program in the Air Force, the Air Force Safety Center announced April 23.
April 22, 2024
LACK OF AWARENESS | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps

Working in isolation and only considering one’s own responsibilities can lead to tunnel vision, a partial view, and a lack of awareness of how our actions can affect others and the wider task. Such lack of awareness may also result from other human factors, such as stress, fatigue, pressure and
April 21, 2024
ASAP | Airman Safety App

The Airman Safety App, or ASAP, provides Airmen the opportunity to report safety-related risks and close calls using the Airman Safety Action Report. Anyone, anywhere, with almost any device can quickly and easily report safety-related problems involving personnel, equipment or property.
April 20, 2024
LACK OF ASSERTIVENESS | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps

Being both unable to express our concerns and not allowing others to express their concerns creates ineffective communications and damages teamwork. Unassertive team members can be forced to go with a majority decision, even when they believe it is wrong and dangerous to do so.
April 15, 2024
Mass Ready Airman Training Day covers everything from gun safety to mental health

The 58th Special Operations Wing successfully implemented a new mass training approach that saved more than 2,461 man-hours for the Air Force Force Generation deployment model at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., April 5, 2024.
April 4, 2024
Solar Eclipse: Apocalyptic, but not in ways you might expect

A total solar eclipse is nearly upon us, and it comes with some serious safety threats beyond the obvious risk of damage to your eyes.
April 3, 2024
First Grey Wolf helicopter arrives at Maxwell

The 908th Airlift Wing has assigned aircraft for the first time in more than 23 months, or 726 days to be exact, as the first of the wing’s MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters arrived at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 3, 2024.The wing’s last aircraft, a C-130 Hercules, departed Maxwell April 8,
April 1, 2024
FATIGUE | The Dirty Dozen: Common human error factors in aircraft maintenance mishaps

Fatigue is a natural physiological reaction to prolonged physical and/or mental stress. We can become fatigued following long periods of work and following periods of hard work. When fatigue becomes a chronic condition, it may require medical attention; but workers should never self-medicate! As we
March 25, 2024
Beyond the table, behind the label and Operation Supplement Safety

National Nutrition Month aims to educate people about making informed food choices while also developing healthy eating and physical activity habits. This year’s theme is “Beyond the Table”, highlighting the places and ways we consume outside of the dining room.
March 6, 2024
New training method helps ensure more proficient vehicle mechanics

Nestled in the corner of Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is a shop that gears up every morning to train vehicle maintainers within the walls of the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron. For years, initial training for this position has taken up to 15 months to complete, but thanks to Thomas Kessler,

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