Feb. 19, 2013 First Afghan Air Force C-208 CASEVAC a success In another historic step for the Afghan Air Force, an AAF Cessna 208 configured for battlefield casualty evacuation successfully transported a seriously injured solider and three minor casualties from Kandahar, Afghanistan to Kabul International Airport Feb. 11. The Afghan-tasked, planned and led
Feb. 14, 2013 AF medical leader recognized with AMA's top government service award (AMA News Release)Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, medical force development and nursing services, Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, M.S.N., received the American Medical Association's (AMA) top government service award in health care, the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government
Feb. 13, 2013 Through Airmen's Eyes: F-22 pilot physician takes safety to new heights (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.) Powerful thrust, paired with unparalleled agility, propels the grey fighter jet through the sky, in ways unfathomable to earlier generations of
Feb. 13, 2013 Optometrist achieves Air Force milestone This country has seen major achievements by driven and devoted Airmen since the Air Force became a separate service in 1947. Recently, an optometrist here at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center pushed herself into the record books.Annette Williamson is the first female optometrist to be promoted
Feb. 8, 2013 Medic awarded Purple Heart for deployed actions An Air Force medic assigned to dangerous duty with an Army logistics convoy unit when deployed to Afghanistan two years ago was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.Staff Sgt. Jasmine Russell, 2nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Personnel Reliability Program
Feb. 6, 2013 Medical team achieves cutting-edge patient transfer Marking a first for military medical care in the United States, an Army and Air Force team successfully transported a critically ill woman on a form of heart-lung bypass from San Antonio Military Medical Center to New York City last month.This mission marked the military's first stateside transport
Feb. 6, 2013 81st MDG facility upgraded to 'Keesler Medical Center' Keesler can again boast that it is home to a medical center.Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, 81st Medical Group commander, surprised those attending the Feb. 1 official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the hospital's new Back Bay Tower with the good news.The Keesler Medical Center designation was changed in
Feb. 5, 2013 Air Force Medical Service 2012 Annual Award winners announced It is with great pride that the Air Force Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announces the winners of the Air Force Medical Service Annual Award competition. The competition included individual and team awards, based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards.
Dec. 14, 2012 AE mission soars through Pacific in KC-10 Crews and aircraft from several Air Force units arrived here from Travis AFB, Calif., Dec. 2, during one of three "proof of principle" missions evaluating the KC-10 Extender's capability to support combined cargo and aeromedical evacuation missions throughout the Pacific. The missions are part of an
Dec. 10, 2012 Air Force activates new medical unit at Fort Sam Houston The Air Force stood up a new medical unit Friday during a special ceremony at the San Antonio Military Medical Center auditorium on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.The activation of the new 959th Medical Group, together with its new subordinate units, the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron,
Dec. 5, 2012 422nd MDS activates at RAF Croughton Lt. Col. Stephanie McCue became the first commander of the 422nd Medical Squadron during an activation ceremony at the RAF Croughton Crown Nov 28. The newly formed 422nd MDS takes its lineage from the U.S. Air Force Clinic Fairford, which was activated Aug. 1, 1981, and deactivated Sept. 1, 1988.
Nov. 16, 2012 AF, China's PLA physicians gather for first-ever acupuncture exchange At the invitation of China's People Liberation Army, Air Force medical physicians, along-side their Chinese military and civilian counterparts, conducted the first-ever Medical Acupuncture and Battlefield Medicine Subject Matter Expert Exchange in Beijing, China, on Oct. 21-27. The exchange,
Feb. 21, 2012 First African-American woman to earn commercial pilot's license challenged racism head-on A Chicago registered nurse would go on to become the first African-American female to hold a commercial pilot's license.Janet Bragg was born in March of 1907 in Griffin, Ga., and after graduation from an Episcopal school, attended college at Spelman Seminary in Atlanta where she earned a registered
Feb. 21, 2012 Nurse faced hurdles for military acceptance Retired Army Maj. Nancy C. Leftenant-Colon, the first black nurse in the Reserve or active-duty Army nurse corps, didn't expect it to be easy.
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
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.