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The Hawley Board and the establishment of the Air Force Medical Service

(From left) Gen. Carl Spaatz, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg pose for a photo taken during the spring of 1948 at the time of Gen. Spaatz's retirement. All aided the effort to establish a separate Air Force Medical Service. (Photo by Department of the Defense)
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The Hawley Board and the establishment of the Air Force Medical Service

(From left) Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow, Maj. Gen. David N. W. Grant, Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, and Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk pose for a photo in England in 1944. (Photo by U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History)
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The Hawley Board and the establishment of the Air Force Medical Service

General Paul R. Hawley, circa 1955. (Photo by American College of Surgeons Archives)
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Air Force Surgeon General’s annual workshop concludes, focuses on “refusing to lose”

Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, speaks with Gen. Charles Brown, Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass via video teleconference during the third day of the Air Force Surgeon General’s annual Senior Leadership Workshop at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, Dec. 9, 2020. The workshop was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown and Bass spoke about leadership and the challenges for the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Rohin Kasudia) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out text panels)
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Air Force Surgeon General focuses on leadership at annual workshop

Senior leaders from across the Air Force Medical Service conducted a virtual panel during the first day of the annual Senior Leadership Workshop, Dec. 7, 2020. Panelists discussed what courageous leadership means to them. (Photo illustration from combined computer screen shots)
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Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

An Air Force doctor from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, delivered a woman’s son during a mercy flight on March 17, 1965. The C-130’s crew, from the 5017th Operations Squadron, assisted in the delivery. (Courtesy photo)
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Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

Red Cross equipment, supplies and transportable hospitals are stockpiled into C-130 Hercules aircraft at Kitzingen Air Base, Germany, September 1970. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, speaks at the official activation of Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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Air Force stands up Air Force Medical Readiness Agency

Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger speaks at the official activation of the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, at Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, June 28, 2019. Koeniger is the first AFMRA commander. (U.S Air Force photo by Josh Mahler)
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Mother, baby flown safely after 7 months in ICU

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicole Leib and Maj. Mariana Lacuzong, 59th Medical Wing Critical Care Air Transport Team nurses, play with 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, during the five-hour flight from Dallas to San Diego, June 7, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)
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AUAB power projection: Aeromedical Evacuation

Senior Airman Robert McCabe, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician (Left), and Capt. Aline Putnam, 379th EAES flight nurse, fasten a litter and medical equipment into place on a C-130 Hercules at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, before a recent aeromedical evacuation mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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C-130 mainstay of medevac

A hospital bus backs up to a C-130 Hercules aircraft to transport victims of the Pines Hotel fire to the regional medical center, Clark Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 23, 1984. (Courtesy photo)
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The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron takes a lift on a C-130 Hercules

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare to load litters onto a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 15, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
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C-130 over Haiti

A C-130 Hercules aircraft makes a final approach into Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010, part of the relief effort that delivered critical medical personnel and supplies after the area was hit by a 7.0 earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)
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C-130 mainstay of medevac

Red Cross equipment, supplies and transportable hospitals are stockpiled into C-130 Hercules aircraft at Kitzingen Air Base, Germany, September 1970. The aircraft were flying to Jordan as part of Operation Fig Hill, providing disaster relief and medical support during civil strife. C-130 aircraft have always been able to navigate austere and, at times, hostile airfields to meet a wide variety of aeromedical evacuation missions. (Courtesy photo)
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USAFSAM Instructors

Staff Sgt. Travis Largent, Critical Care Air Transport Team initial course instructor, observes as students load critical patient-manikins in the back of a simulator fuselage. Largent and other instructors teach students how to package all the equipment needed for the patient to sustain treatment while being transported. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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USAFSAM Instructors

Staff Sgt. William Ensrud, aerospace physiology technician and assistant course director for aerospace and operational physiology apprentice course, listens to a student’s question during the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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USAFSAM Instructors

Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Lemos Rodriguez, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Force Health Management Branch, mentors the Public Health apprentice students to prepare them for the operational Air Force. He discusses how they can navigate the Air Force Portal to locate information on Air Force priorities, career development and education. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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USAFSAM Instructors

Tech. Sgt. Ashley Jordan, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Bioenvironmental Engineering Occupational Health Measurements Course director, second from right, instructs bioenvironmental engineering apprentice students on how to operate the HAPSITE ER portable gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer. The students are learning how to assemble the probe to the unit, install the gas canisters, install the battery, and prepare the system to identify and quantify trace amounts of an unknown substance that was captured from the air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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Lighter, leaner, lifesaving

Air Force researchers from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, test a compression undershirt called PHYSIO, which allows continuous monitoring of aircrews. The compression shirt monitors multiple vital signs while in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
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