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1934 Alaskan Flight

Flight insignia for the Alaskan Flight. (Photo courtesy of the AFMS History Office)
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1934 Alaskan Flight

First page of Malcolm Grow's 1934 Alaska diary. (Photo courtesy of the AFMS History Office)
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1934 Alaskan Flight

Officers of the 1934 Alaskan Flight. Kneeling (L to R) are Capt. John D. Corkille, Capt. Harold M. McClelland, Capt. Ray A. Dunn, Capt. Westside T. Larson, Lt. Ralph A. Snavely, Lt. Nathan F. Twining (not a flight member), Lt. John S. Mills (not a flight member), Lt. Hez McClellan. Standing (L to R) are Lt. Lawrence J. Carr, Lt. Charles B. Howard, Maj. Malcolm C. Grow, Maj. Hugh J. Knerr, Lt. Col. Henry H. Arnold, Maj. Ralph Royce, Lt. John S. Griffith, and Lt. Leonard F. Harman. Of the 16 men shown, 10 went on to become general officers in the Air Force. Lt. Col. Arnold made 5-stars, and was the commanding general of the Army Air Forces during World War II. Twining achieved the rank of general (4-stars) and served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs in 1957. Grow, McClelland, Larson, Mills, and Knerr all made major general. Dunn, Snavely, and Carr all became brigadier generals. (Photo courtesy of NARA)
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1934 Alaskan Flight

Maj. Malcolm C Grow, Flight Surgeon for the 1934 Alaskan Flight. Note the unique insignia on his jacket. This was designed especially for this flight and was seen on each plane and on aircrew jackets. (Photo courtesy of NARA)
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USAF military transport (C-135B) taking off.

USAF military transport (C-135B) taking off.
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Dr. William Randolph “Randy” Lovelace II First Leap a Record

Studio portrait photograph of Lt. Col. William Randolph Lovelace, II, - U.S. Army Air Corps Medical Corps, who completed an extremely high parachute jump. June 29, 1943.
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Maj. Virginia M. Alena

Maj. Virginia M. Alena, the first recipient of the “Flight Nurse of the Year” award in 1968.
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Operation Little Switch

Aboard a C-124 en route to Japan from Korea, three former prisoners of war recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange, Pedro A. Herrera of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Charles Sacco of Loraine, Ohio, and William G. Moreland of Atlanta, Georgia, chat with flight nurse Capt. Dorothy C. Roche of South Acton, Massachusetts.
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Operation Little Switch

HQ, FEAF, TOKYO --- Following their return to Japan after release, the first three U. S. Air Force repatriates relax at an Army hospital in Tokyo. The three (left to right) are Capt. Zach W. Dean of El Dorado, Kansas, an F-51 Mustang pilot shot down on April 22, 1951; A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 "Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28 29, 1953, and A/2C William R. Hilycord of Columbus, Indiana., a B-26 Invader air crewman held since December, 1951.
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Operation Little Switch

Aboard a Douglas C-47 en route to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, a former prisoner of war recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange, Army Sgt. Gerald Neighbors, POW, of Amarillo, Texas, talks with USAF flight nurse, Lt. Lemm.
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The Sealed Cabin Simulator

In the 1930s, high-altitude civilian aviators also tested equipment examining pressure suits that resembled deep sea divers. However, it was research efforts in the 1950s that explored pilots breathing pure oxygen, using simulated pressurized cabins, and later sealed cabins that yielded a way forward.
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Establishment of Department of Space Medicine

Airman 1st Class Donald G. Farrell, talks with Fenten Duepner, an electronic engineer at the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine, during a pre-ascension briefing at Randolph Air Force Base. Farrell is inside the small shell in which he began a seven-day journey into the unknown on Feb. 9, 1958. The space cabin is designed to duplicate the conditions Farrell might encounter if he were on a trip to the moon. Photo Credit, United Press, Feb. 9, 1958
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Lt. Col. Helen Hennessey

After escaping the province of Bataan just before it fell to invading Japanese forces, Lt. Col. Helen Hennessey found herself on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. This image was taken there, where she helped take care of the sick and wounded in an underground 1,000-bed hospital.
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U.S. Army Nurses from Bataan and Corregidor, freed after three years imprisonment in Santo Tomas Interment Compound

Lt. Col. Helen Hennessey was captured as a prisoner of war in 1942 and sent to the Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila. She was one of the many nurses captured on the island of Corregidor. This is an image of many of those nurses being rescued when Santo Tomas was eventually liberated by American troops in 1945. [12 February 1945]
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The Cadillac of medevac

The C-9A Nightingale made its debut in 1968, landing at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Created to be a dedicated aeromedical evacuation aircraft, the C-9A was equipped with advanced medical capabilities and faster speeds, which made it an effective addition to the U.S. Air Force’s aeromedical evacuation system. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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60th Anniversary of Dependent Care

The Dependents’ Medical Care Act, effective since Dec. 7, 1956, enabled dependents of military personnel to be treated by civilian doctors in cases of pregnancy, serious injuries, or illnesses requiring hospitalization. The law also opened up medical facilities of all services and the U.S. Public Health Service to Air Force dependents. The Dependents’ Medical Care Act outlined operations of the program, specific exceptions, and eligibility requirements. Here, an Airman and his wife get the final okay from the family doctor on the second visit.
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Hickam Hospital

From the first moments of the attack until the close of the day, Hickam's small new hospital, which had opened only a few weeks before, was the focal point of activity on the base. (Courtesy photo)
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MEDICAL RED FLAG

Hospital personnel conduct and are evaluated on triage procedures during Exercise Medical Red Flag.
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Operation Hi-Water

In a demonstration of air evacuation during “Operation Hi-Water” in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1956, several people are shown looking over transportable equipment used in the handling of polio cases. From left to right, they are Col. R.R. Carbonetta, MC; Brig. Gen. M.S. White, an Air Force surgeon; Msgr. Jocquin Salcedo of Columbia; and Mr. Julio Silva of the Pan American Union. (Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.)
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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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