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  • 59th MDW opens new hyperbaric medicine facility on JBSA

    Designed from the ground up to provide outstanding patient care, the 59th Medical Wing’s new, state-of-the-art facility near the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston expands the wing’s capability to provide hyperbaric medicine and wound care.

  • 386 AEW physical therapists keep service members fit to fight

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- In a deployed environment, injuries happen. Whether they occur in the performance of duty or through the course of physical exercise, they have the potential to impact the mission. Each individual in the military, and their ability to perform their duties, plays an important role

  • U.S., Japan partnerships guarantee critical care

    Once a patient is deemed incapable of receiving care at Misawa Air Base due to medical constraints, the 35th Medical Support Squadron aeromedical evacuation team engineers an expedited mobility plan utilizing Pacific Air Forces assets to relocate the patient for critical care attention.Despite

  • UPDATE: Medical Group improving quality of life

    The 325th Medical Group is preparing to renovate its main structure and overall site with the goal of improving quality of life for Airmen, family members and patients.Construction is slated to begin July 19, 2017, however, initial preparations for the construction project began April 11 with the

  • Healing from invisible wounds

    On Jan. 15, 2008, Senior Airman Christopher D’Angelo, a heavy equipment operator, was the lead gunner in an armored vehicle convoy on a road near Baghdad. The sun was shining and the air comfortable. His unit had just transported construction materials to forward operating bases and was currently

  • Medical squadron commander puts whole patient in focus

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- For Hanscom’s newly-minted 66th Medical Squadron commander, Col. Russell Pinard, running his squadron is a return to hands-on medical care. Pinard, an optometrist, has run both small medical facilities like the 61st Medical Squadron at Los Angeles Air Force Base and

  • Dr. William Randolph “Randy” Lovelace II First Leap a Record

    For nearly a decade, Dr. William Randolph “Randy” Lovelace II diligently researched the problems faced by pilots as they flew higher and faster. His work at the Aeromedical Field Laboratory at Wright-Field in Dayton, Ohio paid off in 1943 with the development of a high-altitude oxygen mask.On June

  • Ambulance in the sky

    A joint training mission was conducted here June 7, 2017 where the 910th Airlift Wing (AW) provided a C-130 Hercules, the 914th Airlift Wing provided a pilot and the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provided the training crew.

  • Next Generation DNA Sequencing

    When American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick first discovered the double helix in 1953, they could not have imagined the huge strides DNA technology would take in just a few short years. From the 1977 development of the Sanger Sequencing technique by Frederick Sanger to

  • ART Provides First Line Healthcare to 548th ISRG Airmen

    To help the warfighter working random shifts at odd hours, the group has established an acute care clinic enabling an avenue to supplement the medical needs of Airmen assigned to Distributed Ground Site 2. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Feb. 23 which allowed the group to showcase the next step

  • Command Surgeon recognized for decades of exemplary service

    When it comes to aviation medicine, Col. Paul A. Young, command surgeon, 25th Air Force, is one of the best, which is why he was selected by the Society of United States Air Force Flight Surgeons as the recipient of this year’s George E. Schafer Award.

  • Unveiling of Maj. Gen. Allen's portrait

    On Friday June 2, Major General Roosevelt Allen, Jr. attended an unveiling of his portrait that will hang in the executive hallway of the 79th Medical Wing on Joint Base Andrews.

  • U.S. and Peruvian air force share medical knowledge, experience

    Nine medical and aviation personnel from the U.S. Air Force traveled to Lima, Peru as part of a subject matter expert exchange with the Peruvian air force May 15-19, 2017.   During the five-day engagement, the U.S. Airmen worked closely with their Peruvian counterparts to share information on

  • How the human body reacts while running

    Do you ever wonder how your body physiologically responds to an exercise such as running? In order for our muscles, cells and organs to work properly our blood must first carry oxygen and nutrients to them. During intense physical activity, the body’s blood flows to our larger muscle groups, which

  • AMC’s medical community collaborates to improve care

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Medical group commanders, aeromedical squadron commanders and superintendents from across Air Mobility Command gathered here May 22 to 23, 2017 to learn how to improve care within their military treatment facilities.“It is about a change in culture,” said Brig. Gen. Lee