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Ceremony marks completion of 2-year modernization project

Mark Brightwell, left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Doug McGrath, second from left, who served as the project manager, Col. David R. Dunklee and Col. Joel Almosara, prepare to cut a ribbon to mark the completion of a $12.5 million modernization project covering more than 3,700 square feet to Hanscom's Medical Treatment Facility. The modernization project began in February 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)
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Air Force flight nurse Lt. Reba Z. Whittle

Lt. Reba Z. Whittle was an Air Force flight nurse who served during World War II. She became the only female U.S. military member held prisoner of war in the European Theater. (Air Force photo)
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The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight

Medical personnel prepare Corporal Richard Ramirez, a member of the 1st Marine Division, for medical evacuation by a C-141B Starlifter aircraft from Al-Jubail Airport to Germany for treatment of chest wounds sustained during Operation DESERT STORM. During this time, Aeromedical Evacuation teams were prepared and were able to transport up to 3,600 casualties a day. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Lajes Field Airman, fellow travelers stop attack on French train

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, 65th Medical Operations Squadron, reacts to a mock medical emergency situation during a briefing by the 65th Medical Group for Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force vice commander, on Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Guido Melo).
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AF Surgeon General Message to the AFMS

AFMS Leadership Message 2015 (AF Graphic)
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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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Family of fallen Airman visits clinic bearing his name

Lt. Col. Christopher Hudson, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander, explains the 559th Medical Group mission to the Reid family at the Reid Health Services Center May 14, 2015 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Reid clinic was named in honor of Senior Master Sgt. David B. Reid, a former first sergeant who was killed in a C-130 plane crash in 1985. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chelsea Browning)
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AF Surgeon General makes stop at Wilford Hall as last official visit

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis presents a coin to Tech. Sgt. Corey Jeanblanc May 7, 2015 during a visit to the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Jeanblanc was among 14 Airmen recognized by the surgeon general for outstanding performance within their units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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AF Surgeon General makes stop at Wilford Hall as last official visit

Staff Sgt. Dominique Williams, 59th Medical Support Squadron cardiopulmonary technician, explains her unit’s Lean Daily Management initiatives to Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis during his visit May 7, 2015 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. During his visit, Travis viewed Lean Daily Management boards, a process improvement tool used throughout the medical wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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VA opens claims office at Scott

Col. Kyle Kremer, Gary Triplett, Mike Bost, Denise Deitzen, and Col. Bret Burton, cut a ribbon signifying the opening of the Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pension Clinic April 10 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Kremer is the 375th Air Mobility Wing commander, Triplett is a veteran, Bost is a U.S. Congressman for Illinois, Dietzen is the interim director for VA St. Louis Health Care System, and Burton is the 375th Medical Group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Sarah Hall-Kirchner)
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Air Force Surgeon General visits 79th Medical Wing

Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, talks to Airmen during his visit to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 7, (U.S. Air Force photo by /Airman 1st Class Ryan J. Sonnier)
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Air Force nurse recipient of Juanita Redmond Award at AFA

Capt. Stephanie Doane, Mountain Home Air Force Base nurse, is awarded the Air Force Association Juanita Redmond Award by George Muellner, AFA Chairman, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, and Gen. Mike Hostage, Air Combat Command Commander, on Sept. 15, 2014 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Juanita Redmond Award is awarded to an Air Force nurse who has provided a significant contribution to health care of an Air Force individual or family, excellence in clinical nursing or improvment in nursing care. (Courtesy Photo)
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Paul W. Myers Award awarded during AFA to medical corps officer

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Vikhyat S. Bebarta, Director, Enroute Care Research Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is awarded the Air Force Association Paul W. Myers Award by George Muellner, AFA Chairman and Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, on Sept. 15, 2014 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Paul W. Myers Award is awarded to an Air Force Medical Corps Officer who has made the most significant contribution to the continued good health of the men and women of the USAF. (Courtesy Photo)
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Blood being loaded on evacuation aircraft

"Whole blood for the First U.S. Army being loaded on evacuation aircraft returning to Normandy beachhead from the Membury airfield, Jun. 14 1944. (credit U.S. Army)
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Flight nurses return from duty in Normandy

Flight nurses return from duty in Normandy. Two of the first flight nurses to make evacuation flights into Normandy after D-Day (6 June 1944), Lts. Suella Bernard (left) and Marijean Brown (center) of the 816th MAES are greeted by Lt. Foster, their head nurse. They are holding poppies they brought back from the Normandy beachhead. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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First flight nurse air evacuation flights

Nurses of first air evacuation flights on D-Day: l-R: Irene Schultz, Helen Rarick, Vangie Comeaux, Mable Strube, Helen Morison, Betty Williamson, Vee Moss, Mary Bell Fraser, Winnie Plutz of 813th - Le Bourget, Paris , France. (Photo credit: WWII Flight Nurse Association, History of Air Evacuation, 1942-1989)
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Flight nurse of first official air evacuation flight

2nd Lt Grace E. Dunnam, flight nurse of first official air evacuation flight out of Normandy, bottom row, far left. (credit WWII Flight Nurse Association, 1944)
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Former Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Chesney, passes away

Retired Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Murphy A. Chesney, former Air Force Surgeon General, passed away of natural causes on Mar. 22, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. (DoD Photo)
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Former Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Chesney, passes away

Retired Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Murphy A. Chesney, former Air Force Surgeon General, passed away of natural causes on Mar. 22, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. (DoD Photo)
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National Nutrition Month: Hydroponics feed ailing WWII Army Air Forces personnel

Aircrew rations 1945; Photo from US Army Quartermaster Foundation, Fort Lee, Va. (Courtesy photo from National Archives)
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