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  • An AFMS Look Back at May 2019

    This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.

  • An AFMS Look Back at April 2019

    This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.

  • An AFMS Look Back at March 2019

    This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.

  • From Ukrainian orphanage to AFMS Airman

    Airmen across the Air Force Medical Service work hard to provide care to their patients and ensure the medical readiness of their fellow Airmen. With diverse backgrounds and varied life experiences, each Airman plays an important role in Air Force Medicine. This is the story of one impressive

  • An AFMS look back at May 2018

    This month's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force Medical Service and the values and strength of the United States Air Force.

  • An AFMS look back at April 2018

    This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force Medical Service and the values and strength of the United States Air Force.

  • An AFMS look back at March 2018

    This month's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force Medical Service and the values and strength of the United States Air Force.

  • An AFMS look back at February 2018

    This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force Medical Service and the values and strength of the United States Air Force.

  • An AFMS look back at January 2018

    This month's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force Medical Service and the values and strength of the United States Air Force.

  • AMC shines at the 2016 international air show

    During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation

  • National Public Health Week is April 4 - 10

    The first full week of April each year, the American Public Health Association brings communities together to recognize the contributions of public health workers and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation. The theme for this year is “Healthiest Nation 2030.” The Offutt AFB

  • April is Military Children’s Health Month in Air Force

    (This is the first AFMS article for the Military Children's Health Month series) April is Military Children’s Health Month. This time of year is an opportunity to recognize the children of our nation’s heroes –military children–and highlight their contributions to their communities, and the

  • Women's history: Honoring WWII AF flight nurse

    During World War II, an American flight nurse was captured, becoming the only female U.S. military member held prisoner of war in the European Theater. Her name was Lt. Reba Z. Whittle.In 1943, Whittle joined the Army Air Forces School of Air Evacuation, where she trained as a flight nurse. It would

  • Wartime innovation: Battleborn medical device saves lives at home

    In the early morning hours of Feb. 21, a 28-year-old gunshot victim is inside an ambulance enroute to University of California Davis Medical Center, the only level I trauma center in Sacramento, California. The patient, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation during transport, is fading quickly due