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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      2018 Air Force Safety AwardsThe Air Force has announced the 2018 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards. (Air Force illustration by Keith Wright)
                
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2018 Air Force Safety Awards announcedPublished March 5, 2019
                    
                    
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            **KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) --**Maj. Gen. John T. Rauch Jr., Air Force chief of safety, recently announced the recipients of the five Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Chief of Safety Awards for 2018."We had a remarkable group of nominees this year, but these Airmen genuinely stood out," Rauch said. "Effective risk management and mishap prevention are cornerstones to the Air Force Safety Program, but it takes determined leadership to identify when risk must be accepted to accelerate our operations. These Airmen set the example for the Air Force.”Air Force Safety Award winners are: Secretary of the Air Force Safety AwardAir Mobility Command Major General Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial AwardAir Combat Command Colonel Will L. Tubbs Memorial Award for Ground SafetyU.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Koren Kolligian Jr. TrophyCapt. Matthew T. Heath, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma Chief of Staff of the Air Force Aircrew of Distinction AwardCrew of Hawk 91, 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas Air Force Chief of Safety Special Achievement AwardMaj. Robert A. Kamber, Air Force Special Operations Command Safety, Hurlburt Field, Florida Air Force Safety Officer of the YearCapt. John-David L. Webb, 305th Air Mobility Wing Safety, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey (AMC) Air Force Civilian Safety Professional of the YearGary Ashe, 60th Air Mobility Wing Safety, Travis AFB, California (AMC) Air Force Enlisted Safety Professional of the YearMaster Sgt. Justin R. Musall, 735th Air Mobility Squadron, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (AMC) Air Force Chief of Safety Aviation Maintenance Safety AwardMr. Gerardo Valdez Jr., 509th Maintenance Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Missouri (Air Force Global Strike Command) Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Occupational SafetyCategory I - Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Safety (Air Force Materiel Command)Category II – 502nd Air Base Wing Safety, JB San Antonio, Texas (Air Education and Training Command)Category III - 509th Bomb Wing Safety, Whiteman AFB, Missouri (AFGSC)Category IV -435th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (USAFE)Category V - 724th Air Mobility Squadron Safety, Aviano AB, Italy (AMC) Air Force Nuclear Surety Outstanding Achievement Award31st Fighter Wing Weapons Safety, Aviano AB, Italy (USAFE) Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Weapons SafetyTech. Sgt. Scott A. Roode, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (U.S. Air Forces Central Command) Air Force Chief of Safety Space Safety Award45th Space Wing Safety Technologies Team, Patrick AFB, Florida (Air Force Space Command) Aero Club Safety CertificateRobins AFB Aero Club, Robins AFB, Georgia (AFMC)AFSC 



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