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Joint training keeps Air Force medics ready to use varied platforms

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Squadron member responds to a simulated casualty during a medical exercise, June 6, 2018, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The Air Force performs joint medical exercises with other U.S. forces regularly in Okinawa to better prepare service members for real world emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)
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Joint training keeps Air Force medics ready to use varied platforms

A member of the U.S. Air Force from the 353rd Special Operations Squadron, respond to a simulated casualty during a medical exercise, June 6, 2018, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The Air Force performs joint medical exercises with other U.S. forces regularly in Okinawa to better prepare service members for real world emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)
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Joint training keeps Air Force medics ready to use varied platforms

Members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy respond to a simulated casualty during a medical exercise, June 6, 2018, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The Air Force performs joint medical exercises with other U.S. forces regularly in Okinawa to better prepare service members for real world emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)
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Just get it done – vaccinations play vital readiness role

Airmen assigned to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, receive their Japanese encephalitis vaccine in 2015. Diseases like Japanese encephalitis are rare in the U.S., but common some places overseas. Vaccines are a vital part of individual medical readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Curry)
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Just get it done – vaccinations play vital readiness role

An Airman at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. receives a flu vaccination. All Airmen must receive a flu vaccination every year, before January 1, to keep their individual medical readiness current. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)
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Kadena Airmen tryout for the Defenders Challenge Championship

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kevin Kovach, 18th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, places a tourniquet on the simulated patient’s arm during the Defenders Challenge at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 13, 2020. This was one of several events participants had to overcome during the Defenders Challenge. The events varied from physical exercise, a three-mile run, to weapon assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
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Kadena’s CCATT – one of a kind

The 18th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team provides medical care to a patient during a flight aimed at getting the patient to a higher echelon of care. The team sees many different medical scenarios and averages about 60 missions per year. (Courtesy photo)
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Kansas ANG and TUKHS partnership

Maj. Penny Glenn (center), a critical care nurse with the 190th Medical Group and education specialist with The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), trains a guard member during a clinical rotation at TUKHS, June 20, 2017. The 190th Medical Group, part of the 190th Kansas Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing, has an established partnership with TUKHS to ensure Airmen maintain their clinical currency to deliver care downrange. (Courtesy photo)
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KC-135 serves as platform for multiple missions over Germany and Netherlands

U.S. Air Force Maj. Amanda Peterson, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron training flight commander, briefs her team about a simulated patient during in-flight training June 27, 2023. Members with the 86th AES conduct monthly training with the 93rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron in a KC-135 Stratotanker to maintain familiarity with the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)
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KC-135 serves as platform for multiple missions over Germany and Netherlands

U.S. Air Force members with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare to practice medical procedures during in-flight training June 27, 2023. The mission of the Air Force AE system is to provide time sensitive, mission critical care to patients being transported between medical treatment facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)
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KC-46A Pegasus Completes Its First Aeromedical Evacuation Mission

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jaclyn Klimaski, Air Mobility Command aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to Air Mobility Command Headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, searches for equipment in an inflight kit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 10, 2020. In support of Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, the Total Force AE crew qualified on the KC-46A Pegasus using a syllabus that included numerous patient scenarios and configurations to guide the execution of the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nilsa Garcia)
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KC-46A Pegasus Completes Its First Aeromedical Evacuation Mission

Airmen from the 45th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron offload a patient at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, July 10, 2020. The patients had recently returned from overseas
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Keesler aids USS Tripoli in COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brook Lee, 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron laboratory technician, organizes samples for COVID-19 testing at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, July 14, 2020. Airmen from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, assisted in testing over 900 Sailors as part of the joint and total force effort across Navy and Air Force active duty and guard installations along the Gulf Coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly L. Mueller)
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Keesler Air Force Base’s robotic surgery training program aims at improving patient outcomes

Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, receives a briefing from 2nd Lt. Nina Hoskins, 81st Surgical Operations squadron room nurse, on robotics surgery capabilities inside the robotics surgery clinic at Keesler Medical Center, Miss., June 16, 2017. The training program was stood up in March, 2017 and has trained surgical teams within the Air Force and across the Department of the Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue).
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Keesler Air Force Base’s robotic surgery training program aims at improving patient outcomes

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, visits the Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education (InDoRSE), with Maj. Joshua Tyler, the program’s director, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 18, 2017. This training site is the first one of its kind in the Air Force and is in the process of doubling its training capacity. (Courtesy photo)
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Keesler Blood Donor Center strives to save lives

Tarissa Brown, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron lab technician, draws blood from U.S. Air Force Airman Igor Houston, 336th Training Squadron student, at the Blood Donor Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, July 16, 2019. The Keesler Blood Donor Center provides blood to deployed service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Seth Haddix)
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Keesler leverages virtual reality to train robotic surgery

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Francis Xavier Malinao, uses new virtual reality technology inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 5, 2021. The VR technology created safer, efficient and more consistent training for robotics technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Seth Haddix)
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Keesler sees efficiencies, improved care under Defense Health Agency

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the National Capital Region and interim Defense Health Agency assistant director for health care administration, discusses the capabilities of the genetics lab with U.S. Air Force Col. Beatrice Dolihite, 81st Medical Group director and service commander, during an immersion tour inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 12, 2019. The purpose of Place's two-day visit was to become more familiar with the medical center's mission capabilities and to receive the status of the 81st MDG's transition under DHA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
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Keesler's 8th annual health expo has sucessful outcome

U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephan Javaheri, 81st Dental Squadron general dentist, conducts a dental exam on retired Tech. Sgt. Raymond Klein during the 81st Medical Group Health Expo inside Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 4, 2019. The 81st Medical Group hosted the walk-in event, which included screenings for multiple types of cancer and chronic diseases in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
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Kendall talks PTSD, mental health with medical leaders

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall is briefed about PTSD Awareness Month and the Learning and Engagement System, or LENS, from Tech Sgt. Jennifer Garrison, 316th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron mental health noncommissioned officer in charge, during a visit to Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 24, 2022. LENS is a tool that enables ready, reliable care and a new method of communication between providers and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isabelle Churchill) (The meeting was conducted in an area not providing patient services and was in compliance with public health guidance)
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