Combat Edge articles from June 2004

Combat Edge archives from June 2004

Safety ... are we there yet?(Accent on Safety; U.S. Air Force)
June 1, 2004... The 101 Critical Days of Summer Campaign just kicked off a few days ago; you recently finished having the second of two COMACC directed "safety days" and by now you most likely feel inundated with all things associated with safety. The question...

Ship of fools.(sailing accidents)
June 1, 2004... Ever get the feeling in the pit of your stomach that you're getting into a bad situation? You look around and get clue after clue that things just aren't "quite right." As the author of this article relates, it's often a good idea to pay...

Old faithful.(B-52)
June 1, 2004... Old faithful... it's the best way to describe Mr. Boeing's venerable B-52. The Big Ugly has been flying for over 50 years and slated to fly for another 40. Although technological advances have given the Combat Air Force newer assets such as...

I lost my RIO: a passenger on an incentive ride ejects from an inverted F-14.(radar-intercept officer)
June 1, 2004... my squadron and air wing were detached to Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, for strike training. Most of us attended lectures all day, but I was tasked with giving the battle-group air warfare commander an orientation flight in the F-14D. As...

Eye on safety.(Illustration)
June 1, 2004... The Set Up SOUTH CAROLINA ANG -- TSgt Ken Bass helps assemble a mobile tower during a field exercise Photo by SMSgt Edward Snyder Scanning the Horizon SOUTHWEST ASIA--SrA James McGregor scans the horizon for potential...

Aircrew safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; U.S. Air Force)
June 1, 2004... After completing a fighter intercept exercise, Doom 98 returned to Barksdale AFB for pattern activity. While on the go from the first instrument approach, the pilots noted a low oil pressure light on the #8 engine, along with a low oil pressure...

Flight line safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; U.S. Air Force)
June 1, 2004... The following incident occurred while A1C Stangle and A1C Dahlke were performing 100-hour engine inspections on A-10A aircraft 80-0282. After completing the servicing and preliminary inspection items, they requested SSgt Gibbs motor and run the...

Ground safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; U. S. Air Force)
June 1, 2004... SrA Kavanaugh is a true professional that consistently epitomizes "Safety First" in every aspect of his work. In the month of February he proposed, planned, and spearheaded a field training exercise encompassing the deployment and activation of...

Pilot safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Maj Carter stepped as #3 of a four ship of F-15Cs to fly a LOWAT requal mission. Due to a gear retraction failure on takeoff, he elected to stay in the radar pattern to burn down fuel prior to landing while the flight lead pressed with the rest...

Weapons safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; U.S. Air Force)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The 1st Fighter Wing conducted a combined Phase I and II Self Initiated Operational Readiness Exercise (SIORE) from 19-26 Feb 04. TSgt Jarvis participated as a Wing Exercise Evaluation Team (WEET) member and had constant oversight of the...

Unit safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; 32nd Combat Communications Sqdn)
June 1, 2004... The 32 CCS managed to safely navigate through multiple rocket/mortar/small arms attacks at a deployed base in Iraq, a squadron field training exercise, and a group-wide evaluated exercise--all with zero mishaps. During the Operation IRAQI...

Crew chief safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners; Air Force)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... While working swing shift in the Phase Dock, SSgt Pyle was assigned to conduct a power-on check on an F-15C with another worker. SSgt Pyle was working on the ground while the other worker was in the cockpit, activating the systems that needed...

ACC safety salutes superior performance.(United States Air Force Air Combat Command)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Lt Col Vincent Quinn, Capt Shelly Mendieta, 335 FS, 4 FW Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. Lt Col Robert Schwarze, Commander, 68 EWS, 53 WG Eglin AFB, Fla. Mr. Duane E. Chilton, Weather Forcaster 2 OSS, 2 BW...

VA WOOMPF! Barbecuing 101 how I nearly burnt the forest down!
June 1, 2004... It was getting toward late afternoon and the shadows were lengthening as we car-camped alongside a logging road near Lichtenstein, Germany. I was the chef for dinner and could almost taste the spare ribs we had planned for that evening. I had a...

Warm up to win! Never under estimate the powers of preparing your body. Stretching is the first thing you should do ... the goal is to "get the blood pumping!".
June 1, 2004... There I was at the base intramural flag football championship. It was the first quarter, very first play of the game. You could feel the tension in the air. It was a "has-been's" sports fantasy. It was the only time in my distinguished...

Aircraft notes.(Mishap Statistics Scoreboard; military accidents)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A non-rate producing F-15 test cell engine FOD that occurred in March brought the ACC Class A total to five for FY04. The delayed report highlights an issue raised at the ACC Safety Conference here at Langley in March 04. Wing Safety needs to...

Ground notes.(Mishap Statistics Scoreboard; military accidents )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... ACC has experienced 13 Class A mishaps so far this fiscal year. Eleven involved motor vehicles and two were sports and recreation vehicles. This is a 24 percent reduction over past year's total of 17 Class A mishaps. A common thread that is a...

Weapons notes.(Mishap Statistics Scoreboard; U.S. Air Force)
June 1, 2004... It's been a very busy quarter in ACC for weapons mishaps. We dropped 19 chaff/flare mods out of the back of a trailer, slid a missile off of a launcher onto the ramp, destroyed two sub-scale drones and applied power to an AGM-65 with a dust cap...