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Fairchild Supports Aeromedical Evacuation Mission

Airmen assigned to the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron deliberate during an aeromedical Evacuation training scenario from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 2023. Airmen assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron assisted a medical team assigned to multiple aeromedical evacuation squadrons with in-flight training. Aeromedical evacuation crews provide time-sensitive and mission-critical care to patients en route to and between medical treatment facilities. AE crews and critical care transport teams execute patient movements using Mobility Air Forces aircraft as well as sister service, contracted and international partner airframes. (U.S. photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Fairchild Supports Aeromedical Evacuation Mission

U.S. Air Force Maj. Olatokunbo Fayemiwo, an aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the 452nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, acts as a patient during an aeromedical evacuation training scenario from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 2023. Airmen assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron assisted a medical team assigned to the 137th AES with in-flight training. Aeromedical evacuation crews provide time-sensitive and mission-critical care to patients en route to and between medical treatment facilities. AE crews and critical care transport teams execute patient movements using Mobility Air Forces aircraft as well as sister service, contracted and international partner airframes. (U.S. photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Family of fallen Airman visits clinic bearing his name

Senior Master Sgt. David B. Reid, a former first sergeant at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, died in a C-130 plane crash en route to Honduras in 1985. A clinic on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas and the Airman Leadership School on Shaw AFB are now named in his honor. (Courtesy photo)
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February 2018 marks 75th anniversary of the first formal graduation of U.S. Air Force flight nurses

Members of the U.S. Army Flight Nurse Corps in 1943, displaying the various types of Army Nurse Corps uniforms. From left to right, 2nd Lt. Wilma Vinsant, in regulation blue winter uniform, Army Nurse Corps; 2nd Lt. Edith M. Roe; 2nd Lt. Ethel Guffey; 2nd Lt. Jane Orme, winter flying suit and 2nd Lt. Adela Besse, the gray flying suit with slacks. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
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February 2018 marks 75th anniversary of the first formal graduation of U.S. Air Force flight nurses

U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Geraldine L. Curtis; 2nd Lt. Geraldine F. Dishroon, and 2nd Lt. Irene McMullen, getting into their winter flying suits for a training flight in 1943. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
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February 2018 marks 75th anniversary of the first formal graduation of U.S. Air Force flight nurses

Brig. Gen. David N.W. Grant, Air Surgeon of the Army Air Forces, pins the wings on the blouse of 2nd Lt. Geraldine F. Dishroon, honor graduate of the flight nurse’s school at Bowman Field, Kentucky, during the school’s first formal flight nurse graduation on Feb. 18, 1943. Brig. Gen. Fred S. Borum, Commanding General, 1st Troop Carrier Command, is in the center. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
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February 2018 marks 75th anniversary of the first formal graduation of U.S. Air Force flight nurses

A Medical Corps Soldier gets last-minute instructions from the pilot and flight nurse before loading casualties aboard a Douglas C-47 air evacuation plane in France. (Photo courtesy of Air Force Medical Service Historian)
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Fight the resolution failure trend: “Just show up!"

A Team Hill employee works out at the Warrior Fitness Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 4, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)
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Fighting enamel cruelty

U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Walter, a 354th Dental Flight dentist, inspects a patient’s teeth at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 16, 2019. Dentistry is a vital part of keeping Airmen fit to fight, as dental conditions likely to result in a dental emergency within a year can prevent Airmen from deploying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eric M. Fisher)
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Final approach

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston makes its final approach to Rinas Airport in Albania during operation SHINING HOPE, April 23, 1999. Medical Airmen provided humanitarian support for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez)
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Final approach

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston makes its final approach to Rinas Airport in Albania during Operation Shining Hope, April 23, 1999. Medical Airmen provided humanitarian support for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo (U.S. Air Force illustration by Tech. Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez)
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First AF’s 64th AEG Airmen support COVID-19 response in 30 states

Airman 1st Class Pollyann Valenzuela, 75th Medical Group medic stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, assigned to 1st Detachment, 64th Air Expeditionary Group, administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a local community member at the state-run, federally-supported Ford Field COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in Detroit, Mich., March 26, 2021. The Ford Field CVC is being supported by members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Henry Ford Health Systems, Michigan Department of Health, Meijer and the U.S. Air Force. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to FEMA as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Wash)
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First ATH

In 1954, a 50-bed hospital and its staff were airlifted from Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Fifty-four people and 36,740 pounds of medical and surgical equipment were flown 1,000 miles onboard C-119s. After the equipment was airlifted, the hospital was set up and ready for business in seven hours and 13 minutes. This marked the first use of helicopters and C-119s being used to move a hospital.
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First attached Army Air Forces unit hospital established 75 years ago

U.S. Army Air Forces nurses make their way down the ramp of their Landing Craft Infantry amphibious assault ship on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, Italy in 1943. The 34th Station Hospital on the island became the first Army Air Forces hospital truly attached to an Army Air Forces unit. (National Archives)
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First attached Army Air Forces unit hospital established 75 years ago

Billowing smoke covers bomb-blasted Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, Italy, where the Allies dropped 6,202 tons of bombs for more than a month in 1943. (National Archives)
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First Chief of the Nurse Corps

A U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps flight nurse dresses a patient’s wound during an aeromedical evacuation flight from Korea to Japan, May 1951. (Courtesy photo)
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First Chief of the Nurse Corps

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, congratulates chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps, Lt. Col. Verena Zeller (center), and chief of the Air Force Women’s Medical Specialists, Lt. Col. Miriam Perry (right), upon their promotion. (Courtesy photo)
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First Chief of the Nurse Corps

Capt. Verena Zeller, first chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps. Zeller assumed her chief duties in 1949 while still a captain, and achieved the rank of colonel in just two years. (Courtesy photo)
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First cold storage platelet unit collected in Southwest Asia

The apheresis team collected the first cold storage platelet unit in Southwest Asia, Aug. 16, 2017. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Thibodeau (right) was the first donor. (Courtesy photo)
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First Female General Officer Promoted in the South Carolina Air National Guard

U.S. Air Force Col. Theresa Prince is pinned her star, by retired Brig. Gen. Jim Chow and her husband Ken, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., Nov. 7, 2015. Prince has 37 years of military experience, 19 in the South Carolina Air National Guard and is the first female to be promoted as a general officer in the unit. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)
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