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Operation Blue Bat

Operation Blue Bat (AFMS History Office)
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Operation Blue Bat

Operation Blue Bat (AFMS History Office)
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First U.S. flight surgeon

The first flight surgeon in the pioneer Army Air Service of 1918, Dr. Robert J. Hunter, tries out a newfangled noise-measuring gadget on a jet fighter at Randolph Field, Texas. Demonstrating the instrument is Lt. Col. James E. Lett (left), head of the School of Aviation Medicine’s Ear-Nose-Throat department, 1959. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
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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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DESERT SHIELD

Tech. Sgt. Juanita Ferrebee, dental technician, works on a patient as Airman Jaqueline Quijada stands by. The two women are assigned to a field hospital during Operation Desert Shield.
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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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DESERT STORM

Medical personnel use litters to transport Cpl. Richard Ramirez, 1st Marine Division, and other wounded to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The patients are being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base to Germany for treatment of wounds received during Operation Desert Storm.
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DESERT STORM

Tech. Sgt. Theresa Hillis, front, of the 68th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Norton Air Force Base, Calif.; Senior Master Sgt. James Cundall, right, of the 118th AES, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn.; and Tech. Sgt. Dennis Mulline, left, of the 137th AES receive a mission briefing during Operation Desert Storm.
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Air Evacuation

Soldiers and medics load a wounded comrade onto a C-47 Skytrain for transport from France to England during the Brittany Campaign. (Credit: AFMS Historian’s Office; Title: Air Evacuation; City, State: Brittainy, France; Dateline: September 10, 1944)
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C-47

Planes carrying wounded soldiers prepare to take off from a landing strip in France. Notice the black and white stripes on the wings, known as “D-Day Stripes.” They were painted on all tactical aircraft after June 6, 1944 to prevent friendly fire incidents.
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Hurricane relief mission

Air Force medical personnel attend to patients awaiting airlift from New Orleans. C-130 crews from Little Rock Air Force Base's 50th AIrlift Squadron teamed with the 452nd to relocate sick and injured patients devastated after Hurricane Katrina. (Courtesy photo by 1st Lt. Jon Quinlan)
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Air Force evacuates the sick and wounded

Capt. Mike Dixon, ICU nurse with the 59th Medical Wing and Staff Sgt. Lina Gamez , respiratory therapist with the 759th MSGS, provide a hand to hold and reassuring words to an elderly patient and survivor of hurricane Katrina. They are traveling, om 1 Sept. 2005, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 446th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base. Dixon and Gamez are stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, TX, and have teamed up with the activated Reserve crew from McChord to provide aeromedical evacuation for ambulatory and critical care patients in New Orleans. This 1.5 hour flight carried 28 ambulatory and 6 litters to Dobbins Air Force Base, GA. (U.S. Air Force photo Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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Air Force evacuates the sick and wounded

Sick and injured people are prepared and comforted for a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III of the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base. The aircraft and crew have stoped at the New Orleans International Airport on 1 Sept, 2005. These refugees from hospitals and various sources are evacuating the devastated areas left by Hurricane Katrina. Their destination will be an Air Force Base in a state in southern region not affected. Critical Care Aeromedical Teams cared for hundreds of patients on this day. (U.S. Air Force photo Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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AFMS and Hurricane Katrina: 10-years later

U.S. Air Force Capt. Felix A. Alicia, a flight nurse with the Critical Care Air Transport Team from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, treats a Hurricane Katrina victim before a medical evacuation mission onboard a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, La., on Sept. 1, 2005. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung) (Released)
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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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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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AFMS historian seeks to preserve military medical history

Ken Stewart, Air Force Medical Service historian assistant, measures the spacing between exhibit while installing the new AFMS Heritage Room at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The 11-panel exhibit highlights people, events, innovations, aircraft and facilities over the last 62 years. The new room is the first of its kind in the Air Force to focus on Air Force Medical Service heritage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Huddleston)
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