Feb. 21, 2012 AF flight surgeon makes mark during historic space flight The American public remembers John Glenn for his solo orbit around Earth. They remember Neil Armstrong for his walk on the moon.But few remember how Col. (Dr.) Vance H. Marchbanks Jr., one of the first black flight surgeons in the Army and the first in the Air Force, made it possible for them and
Feb. 15, 2012 Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare
Aug. 26, 2011 9/11: Former AF surgeon recalls Pentagon post-attack response The Air Force surgeon who led the medical response after the Pentagon attack 10 years ago said a couple of readiness firsts in the months before mitigated what could have been a much worse outcome.
Nov. 9, 2010 Wounded Soldier saved through use of heart, lung machine A wounded Soldier incurred an injury that affected his lungs, and was transported on an aeromedical evacuation mission Oct. 21, from Afghanistan to Germany.