Officials announce Air Force Safety Awards for 2006

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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNEWS) --  Air Force safety officials have announced the winners of the 2006 Safety Awards.

They are:

Secretary of the Air Force Safety Award: Category I -- Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla.   (No Category II listed)

Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial Award: Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field.

Col. Will L. Tubbs Memorial Award for Ground Safety: Category I -- Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Category II -- Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field.

Koren Kolligian Jr., Trophy: Lt. Col. Peter Byrne, 120th Fighter Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colo.

Colombian Trophy: 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, N.M.

System of Cooperation among the Air Forces of the Americas Flight Safety Award: 317th Airlift Group, Dyess AFB, Texas.

Chief of Staff Individual Safety Award: James Gregoire, 29th Test Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.

Chief of Staff Special Achievement Award: Senior Master Sgt. Steven Benoit, 435th Air Base Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Safety Career Professional of the Year Award: Thomas Diveley, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J.

Air Force Nuclear Surety Outstanding Achievement Award: Master Sgt. Travis Wetzler, 39th ABW, Incirlik AB, Turkey.

Air Force Explosive Safety Outstanding Achievement Award: Master Sgt. Edward Story, 27th FW, Cannon AFB.

Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Ground Safety: Category I -- 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.; Category II -- 48th FW, RAF Lakenheath U.K.; Category III -- 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Okla.; Category IV -- 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan; Category V -- 703rd Munitions Support Squadron, Volkel AB, Germany.

Air Force Chief of Safety Special Achievement Award: Eighth Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.

Air Force Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award: Aircrew of Crome 41, 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.

Air Force Chief of Safety Medical Achievement Award: Tech. Sgt. Elliot Reed, 437th AW, Charleston AFB, S.C.

Air Force Directed Energy Weapons Safety Outstanding Achievement Award: Optical Radiation Safety Team, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Safety Plaque Recipients:

Air Combat Command
Flight:
23rd Fighter Group
552rd Air Control Wing
366th Fighter Wing
23rd Wing
9th Reconnaissance Wing

Missile:
Category I -- 27th Fighter Wing

Explosive:
Category I
33rd Fighter Wing
9th Munitions Squadron
7th Munitions Squadron
388th Fighter Wing
27th Fighter Wing
28th Bomb Wing
366th Fighter Wing
23rd Fighter Wing
1st Fighter Wing
86th Fighter Weapons Squadron

Nuclear Surety:
Category I  -- 5th Bomb Wing

Air Education Training Command
Flight:
314th Airlift Wing
71st Flying Training Wing
80th Flying Training Wing
37th Flying Training Squadron
48th Flying Training Squadron
336th Training Group

Air Force Materiel Command
Flight:
416th Flight Test Squadron
Ogden Air Logistics Center

Missile:
Category I -- Range Safety

Category II -- Range Safety

Explosive:
649th Munitions Squadron

Nuclear Surety:
Category I
898th Munitions Squadron
896th Munitions Squadron

Category Ii
498th Nuclear Systems Group
708th Nuclear Systems Squadron

Air Force Reserve Command
Flight:
315th Airlift Wing
349th Air Mobility Wing
446th Airlfit Wing

Missile:
Category I -- 944th Fighter Wing

Air Force Space Command
Flight:
40th Helicopter Squadron
37th Helicopter Squadron

Missile:
Category II
30th Space Wing
90th Space Wing

Explosive:
90th Space Wing
30th Space Wing

Nuclear Surety:
Category I -- 90th Space Wing

Space:
45th Space Wing

Air Mobility Command
Flight:
437th Airlift Wing
6th Air Mobility Wing
317th Airlift Group
19th Air Refueling Group
375th Airlift Wing

Explosive:
Category I
436th Airlift Wing
723rd Air Mobility Squadron
43rd Airlift Wing

Nuclear Surety:
Category I  -- 62nd Airlift Wing

Air National Guard
Flight:
171st Air Refueling Wing
189th Airlift Wing

Pacific Air Forces
Flight:
33rd Rescue Squadron
3rd Wing
354th Fighter Wing

Missile:
Category I
3rd Wing
18th Wing

Explosive:
Category I
36th Munitions Squadron
18th Wing

Category Ii
374th Airlift Wing

United States Air Forces In Europe
Explosive:
Category I
39th Air Base Wing
48th Fighter Wing

Nuclear Surety:
Category I
701st Munitions Support Squadron
39th Air Base Wing
48th Fighter Wing
31st Fighter Wing

Aero Club Certificates:
Air Combat Command
Langley Aero Club
Air Force Materiel Command
Eglin Aero Club
Hanscom Aero Club

Air Force Space Command
Rocky Mountain Flight Training Center Aero Club

Air Mobility Command
Dover Aero Club

Pacific Air Forces
Yokota Aero Club
Kadena Aero Club

United States Air Force Academy Aero Club

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