Combat Edge articles from October 2004

Combat Edge archives from October 2004

Safety Flight Plan for 2005.(Accent on Safety)
October 1, 2004... The Goal is 50 percent. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has charged the US Military Services with reducing accident rates by 50 percent across the board by October 2005. Starting this month we are 525,600 minutes away from that deadline, and...

Hoooah! Army life for airmen.
October 1, 2004... Although not technically classified as such, there is perhaps no Air Force career field more "joint" than those assigned as Tactical Air Control Parties, or TACPs. Their mission is to provide terminal control of Close Air Support (CAS)...

Afghan adventure part two of three.
October 1, 2004... Editor's Note: This is the second part of a three-part series. When we left off last month, the author and his party were hunkered down, waiting for the 9-minute fuses to expire, demolishing what was left of a Predator, unmanned aerial vehicle,...

Skyon fire!(Blazing Battle)
October 1, 2004... October is fire safety month... Once you have accounted for the fire threats inside your home (improperly stored flammable liquids, overloaded electrical circuits, unattended candles, and have replaced the batteries in your smoke...

Alone and unprepared.
October 1, 2004... Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, one horrible night taught me more about personal safety and preparedness than I ever wanted to learn. No, I wasn't the victim of a drunk driver or of some bizarre household mishap....

Aircrew safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)
October 1, 2004... Immediately after takeoff the aircrew of B-52 aircraft 60-020 received a master caution and engine oil overheat indication. The engine oil temperature on the number two engine read 163 degrees Celsius. The aircrew shut down the engine in...

Pilot safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)
October 1, 2004... Capt Busch was the wingman of a two-ship of F-16CG close air support fighters training in the north Utah Test and Training Range. Thirty minutes into the flight, just as Capt Busch's flight checked in with the Forward Air Controller-Airborne...

Flight line safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)
October 1, 2004... A1C Enyeart was launching aircraft number 90-0234 for the first go on Day 2 of a scheduled 192 sortie surge. With engines running he started performing his launch inspection and quickly noticed a hydraulic leak coming from the right Airframe...

Crew chief safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... While launching an F-16C, MSgt Thomas distinguished himself by discovering an engine problem that could have resulted in an aircraft mishap. During the launch sequence, Sergeant Thomas noticed vapors coming from the aircraft exhaust. After...

Weapons safety: award of distinction.(Monthly Award Winners)
October 1, 2004... The Egress section of the 1st Component Repair Squadron was called upon to inspect a T-37 from Columbus AFB that had the canopy jettison system inadvertently activated by Transient Alert personnel. The Egress section had personnel with previous...

Mishap statistics scoreboard.
October 1, 2004... Aircraft Notes ACC had zero rate-producing Class As for August... well done. There were, however, two non-rate producers. A Predator crashed in the AOR and an F-16 ECM pod malfunctioned post flight. We've made progress this fiscal year;...