Sept. 18, 2023 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year: Becoming tomorrow’s DAF ambassadors today The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2023 were recognized and honored during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 9-13.
July 19, 2023 Dreams, diversity and determination: An Airman’s story When Winnie Adipo was just a young girl growing up in Kenya, she dreamed of nothing more than becoming an officer in the military.
July 7, 2023 2023 Medic Skills Rodeo The 17th Medical Group participated in a Medic Skills Rodeo lead by Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute cadre which reinforced and expanded individuals' basic medical knowledge while still keeping participants engaged throughout the event, June 22.
May 18, 2023 WEAR program enables Airmen, Guardians to aid recruiting efforts Airmen and Guardians looking to help inspire, engage and recruit the future force by participating first-hand in events that enhance the Department of the Air Force’s recruiting mission are encouraged to look into the We Are All Recruiters, or WEAR, program.
April 5, 2023 CAFB Capt. poses question; improves readiness U.S. Air Force Capt. Hailey Faist, MD, 14th Medical Group flight surgeon, noticed an issue with the limited list of approved medications to treat Urinary Tract Infections.
March 6, 2023 New training course offers medics, nurses hands-on experience in austere environment The Tactical Trauma Reaction and Evacuation Crossover Course, or TTREX, is designed to test and validate Individual Critical Task Lists and the Comprehensive Medical Readiness Program for military medical personnel.
Jan. 20, 2023 Aim High application gets updated feature to help any Airman become a recruiter Air Force Recruiting Service updated their Aim High application to allow any app user to assist in the Air Force’s recruiting efforts.
Sept. 12, 2022 97 MDG SNCO’s Ukrainian heritage supports coalition talks As a teenager starting a new life in the United States, Yuriy Papayanki never imagined that, as a Ukrainian immigrant, he’d one day be a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Nor did he imagine that those two worlds would one day come together.
May 3, 2022 Language-enabled Airmen support mental health initiative with partner nation A team of seven French Language Enabled Airman Program scholars recently partnered with the Defense Institute for Medical Operations to provide language support for a mental health mobile training team in N'Djamena, Chad.
Dec. 14, 2021 Keesler AFB dental, oncologists innovate radiation therapy tool for cancer patients The 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutic Squadron and the 81st Dental Squadron collaborated to craft a more precise radiation boluses for patients undergoing care with the 81st Medical Group.
Nov. 18, 2021 59th MDW: Alamo Spark Cell drives innovation throughout the Air Force The 59th Training Group’s Alamo Spark Cell focuses on improving training at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.
Sept. 27, 2021 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized at AFA The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 were recognized over the course of five days during the annual Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference held at National Harbor, Sept. 18-22.
July 19, 2021 CSAF delivers powerful message in new Air Force commercial Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. delivers a powerful message about air power and diversity in a new Air Force commercial titled “Helmet.”
June 8, 2021 59th MDW medics assist Honduras hospital during Resolute Sentinel 21 The exercise provides joint training and improved readiness for U.S. civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities in Honduras.
May 12, 2021 Empowered Airmen accelerate change across Air Force Innovation and a forward-looking mindset have long been key aspects of Air Force culture.
Feb. 25, 2021 42nd MDG Airmen leave for deployment The 25 deployed Airmen, which included clinicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, medical technicians, logisticians and administrative personnel, joined the 335th Air Expeditionary Group, comprised of nearly 150 Airmen from bases across the country. The 335th AEG will man a FEMA vaccination center in
April 11, 2020 Importance of mental health Q&A's Between rising COVID-19 concerns and mandatory health precautions in effect nationwide, there are many factors that can affect a person's mental health.
March 12, 2020 Military health officials begin screening Air Force basic trainees for COVID-19 Each trainee is screened by qualified medical professionals upon arrival at the BMT reception center and anyone identified as a potential infected person would then be isolated from the rest of the population and provided treatment. During screening, all appropriate Centers for Disease Control
Feb. 6, 2020 Luke Public Health team maintains Airmen medical readiness A variety of factors can hinder Airmen from successfully completing the mission or deploying, whether it be sickness, poor eating and sleeping habits or unfamiliarity with the job. Airmen in the 56th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron Public Health unit help mitigate those factors, thus ensuring
Aug. 7, 2019 SAIGE Military Meritorious Service Award winner fosters resilience, culture Mooneyham is proud of her Native American heritage which taught her resilience and enabled her to win the 2019 Society of American Indian Government Employees Military Meritorious Service Award for her dedicated work in her community as well as supporting the Defense Department mission.