July 29, 2024 445th AES, 711th HPW collaborate to improve en route patient care The 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron began assisting the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing in the development cycle of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit after a meeting July 15.
July 22, 2024 Scott provides manning assist for Beale Physical Therapy Clinic The Air Force is no stranger to innovation when using flexibility to overcome challenges. The Air Force Manning Assist Program is proof of one of the Air Force’s unofficial mottos, “The key to Air Power is flexibility”.
July 22, 2024 Priority of Airmen's health and wellness The Air Force emphasizes the three pillars of health - spiritual, mental, and physical - as foundational to overall well-being, teaching Airmen how to balance these elements for long-term benefit.
July 8, 2024 AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman assumed command of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, at a ceremony held July 2, 2024, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
June 4, 2024 C-STARS simulation center aims to modernize training, strengthen community partnerships The Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, partnered with the University of Cincinnati to develop a state-of-the art simulation center for the CCAT team at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
May 30, 2024 AFRL’s C-STARS Cincinnati honored at 2024 Heroes of Military Medicine The Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, Cincinnati was honored at the 2024 Henry M. Jackson Foundation, or HJF, Heroes of Military Medicine Award ceremony May 9, 2024, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2024 AFRL Biotech Days Summit unites scientific community Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, scientists and engineers met with strategic partners from the Department of Defense, other U.S. government agencies, academia, industry and state organizations to share progress and collaborate at the third AFRL Biotech Days Summit Feb. 27-28, 2024.
Feb. 9, 2024 DOD’s first dual-patient ECMO C-17 transport The Department of Defense’s only Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation team travelled to El Paso, Texas, on Oct. 23, 2023, to support a civilian patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Jan. 4, 2024 Team Captain: Nellis chief of surgery leverages sports background to lead surgical cadre As a former defensive end for the Air Force Academy Football Team, Maj. (Dr.) Fortune Egbulefu has a special interest in orthopedic medicine. Now an orthopedic surgeon and Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center’s Chief of Surgery, Egbulefu provides leadership to MOMMC’s surgical staff.
Dec. 15, 2023 Eielson OST integrates fitness wearables into its program The Eielson Operational Support Team has been working on an innovative answer with the roll-out of their fitness wearables project that started Dec. 1, 2023.
Dec. 1, 2023 New research study could lead to better flu virus protection for warfighters, public USAFSAM is collaborating with Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, on a new research project to design strains of probiotic bacteria that can provide health benefits to stimulate immune recognition of influenza.
Dec. 1, 2023 Global minds converge: Empowering innovation through exchange of medical knowledge The United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa Office of the Command Surgeon hosted a medical knowledge exchange with NATO allies Denmark and Bulgaria as well as U.S. partner nation Serbia at Ramstein Air Base Germany, Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2023.
Sept. 5, 2023 Popular AFRL invention supports joint military needs with mobile medical documentation BATDOK is a smartphone application for mobile medical documentation that replaces pen and paper records.
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. 1, 2023 C-STARS gains new equipment for infectious disease readiness training An essential piece of equipment arrived at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, in Omaha, Nebraska, June 24, 2023.
June 23, 2023 AFRL leads USSF Continuous Fitness Assessment study The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is conducting a two-year voluntary study with Guardians to assess the use of wearable fitness devices that measure physical activity.
June 6, 2023 AFRL welcomes new commander Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain assumed command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, during a change of command ceremony hosted by Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, June 5, 2023, at the National Museum of the U.S Air Force.
May 31, 2023 AFRL to welcome new lab commander during June ceremony Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain will assume command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, during a change of command ceremony hosted by Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, June 5.
May 30, 2023 Space Force details Holistic Health Approach, Continuous Fitness Assessment study The U.S. Space Force will begin implementing the Holistic Health Approach for uniformed Guardians May 2023, including a voluntary two-year Continuous Fitness Assessment study to assess and validate a new fitness concept using wearable devices for the service.
May 23, 2023 Simulate, emulate: 81st MDG SIM Lab With an average of 3,500 student hours a month, the 81st Medical Group simulation lab is an essential tool used to train life-saving skills to medical personnel.