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National Airborne Service

for improving flight safety for all subordinate service brigades and squadrons. The objective
assessment improved internal controls by helping to identify potential risks or overlooked areas.

(2) The NASC personnel must be trained to handle flight and ground safety incidents. They must also
be familiar with emergency response procedures in order to quickly and effectively coordinate the
emergency response of all units. To this end, the Director-General brought all NASC unit leaders
together to conduct the joint “Flight and Ground Safety Incident Simulation Drills”. The drills helped
familiarize each unit with emergency response procedures and identified areas of weakness for

future improvement. Overall emergency response capabilities and crisis management efficiency were
enhanced.

(3) The “2017 Annual Flight and Ground Safety Promotion Meeting” was held to ensure flight safety at
the NASC and review the implementation of flight safety at all units. The Director-General convened
the heads of all NASC divisions, offices, centers, committees, service brigades and service squadrons

as well as flight safety officers and ground safety officers for a joint examination of annual aviation
safety performance. Planning was also carried out on aviation safety initiatives for the coming year
so that our aviation safety efforts can be further refined.

(4) Personnel were dispatched to conduct flight and ground safety audits at each service squadron each
month. 40 inspections were conducted to verify that all flight and maintenance activities or operations

were in compliance with safety requirements. Potential risks factors were also identified for correction
action to ensure aviation safety.

2. Enhanced Flight Training

The NASC continues to improve the professional flying skills of flight personnel through education
and training. In 2017, personnel were dispatched to complete UH-60M conversion and BE-200 simulator
training in the U.S., survival training at the Survival Training Center, as well as recruit, instructor, pilot

promotion and conversion training. Aircrew training and flight qualification exams were conducted
to improve the flying and operational skills of aircrew so that missions can be carried out safely and
successfully.

3. Enhancing Fleet Maintenance Performance

(1) Maintenance strategy

① A combination of internal and commercial maintenance has been adopted as the maintenance

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