Aug. 30, 2023 SpOC hosts second Missile Community Cancer Study town hall Space Operations Command hosted a second Missile Community Cancer Study town hall, August 24.
Aug. 29, 2023 DAF Updates HIV prevention medication guidance The Department of the Air Force Medical Standards Working Group made updates to the official Air Force Aerospace Medicine Approved Medication Lists and the Medical Standards Directory, removing certain barriers for Airmen and Guardians taking HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis.
Aug. 29, 2023 445th AW, 911th AW medical teams participate in Steel Buckeye Approximately 65 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation and Aeromedical Staging Squadrons trained with their counterparts from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, at two locations during Steel Buckeye, August 2-3.
Aug. 28, 2023 Missile Community Cancer Study continues to collect data from missile bases AFGSC released the initial PCB survey results from Minot AFB, North Dakota, Thursday, completing the first round of sampling at its three missile bases. Also included in the survey were Malmstrom AFB, Montana, and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.
Aug. 25, 2023 PACAF, allies support Pacific Airlift Rally 23 Pacific Air Force Airmen returned from Pacific Airlift Rally 23, a multinational, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise involving the U.S., Philippines, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia air forces at Clark Air Base, Philippines, Aug. 14-18.
Aug. 25, 2023 Global Strike Command reports Minot AFB ICBM PCB survey results A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls sampling results from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 24, 2023, the third from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns.
Aug. 24, 2023 AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes new commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, 711th Human Performance Wing during a ceremony hosted by Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, AFRL commander, Aug. 21, 2023, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Aug. 22, 2023 Global Strike Command reports F.E. Warren ICBM PCB survey results A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls sampling results from F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, Aug. 22, 2023, the second from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns.
Aug. 14, 2023 142nd AES enhance Multi-Capable Airmen skills during MEDIC-X training The 436th Medical Group partnered with the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard Base, New Castle, Delaware, to assist with MEDIC-X training on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 9, 2023.
Aug. 14, 2023 First nurse serves as director of ANG Medical Service Office of the Air Surgeon Rohatasch is the first clinical nurse to assume command of the ANG Office of the Air Surgeon and brings nearly four decades of medical experience to the position.
Aug. 14, 2023 Medics train during contingency response development U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army medical from multiple units came together for a contingency response development at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 9, 2023.
Aug. 11, 2023 Air Force to restructure for improved readiness and health service support The Air Force is restructuring the Air Force Medical Service to advance Airmen and Guardian health and readiness. The move also provides better support and advocacy for Department of the Air Force priorities in partnership with the Military Health System.
Aug. 10, 2023 International Red Cross Medal awarded to Team Yokota nurse Capt. Brandi Branch, 374th Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic flight commander, is one of only 37 people from 22 countries that received the Florence Nightingale Medal this year from the International Red Cross.
Aug. 10, 2023 193rd medical Airmen aid Tennessee communities, bolster readiness In a display of dedication to public service, the 193rd Special Operations Medical Group recently participated in an initiative known as the Innovative Readiness Training - Project Healthy Tennesseans June 1-15, in Pikeville and Evansville, Tennessee.
Aug. 10, 2023 Medical readiness leaders get familiar with Kunsan AB Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Harrell, Air Force Medical Readiness Agency commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles G. Wortman, chief of enlisted forces for AFMRA, visited 8th Fighter Wing leaders and Airmen, August 3-4.
Aug. 7, 2023 Global Strike Command Reports Initial Malmstrom ICBM PCB Survey Results Air Force Global Strike Command is taking immediate measures to clean up and mitigate polychlorinated biphenyls at two locations following the release of initial results as part of the Missile Community Cancer Study.
Aug. 7, 2023 Brandon Act expedites mental health care referrals for Airmen, Guardians The Brandon Act is intended to help identify and get care for mental health concerns by making it easier to access - and required of leaders to take seriously - mental health support by referencing “The Brandon Act” when they need a referral to mental health services.
Aug. 4, 2023 AF Surgeon General visits SOCMID, UAB Hospital U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, Air Force Surgeon General, visited the Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development at the University of Alabama - Birmingham Hospital to learn more about their partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command on July 20.
Aug. 3, 2023 New York ANG medics train at California clinic Seventeen Air National Guard Airmen from New York’s 109th Airlift Wing spent two weeks in California providing free medical, dental and veterinary care at the Round Valley Indian Health Center.
Aug. 3, 2023 Missile Community Cancer Study team conducts second batch of testing at ICBM bases The Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine sent teams to all three intercontinental ballistic missile wings to test for exposure hazards within missile alert facilities.