AFSOC Wins Major Accolades at 2006 Air Force Safety Awards Published March 8, 2007 By AFNEWS 3/8/2007 - KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- -- 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