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Crowning achievement: Dental team raises readiness rates

Personnel from the 92nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron dental clinic complete administrative tasks at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 2, 2025. The front desk staff set the tone for patient care, ensuring every visitor is welcomed and assisted with professionalism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Ley)
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Crowning achievement: Dental team raises readiness rates

Joel Jalomo, 92nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron dental laboratory technician, works on a model of a patient’s mouth in the dental lab at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 2, 2025. Lab technicians use dental casts to design crowns, retainers, night guards and additional appliances that match the patient’s teeth with accuracy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Ley)
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Crowning achievement: Dental team raises readiness rates

U.S. Air Force Capt. William Elliott, 92nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron dentist, performs work on a patient at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 2, 2025. Dental teams identify and treat problems early, safeguarding the readiness of the force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Ley)
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AFMEDCOM holds redesignation and change of command ceremony

Dr. Jonathan Woodson, President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science; Dr. David Smith, Defense Health Agency Acting Director; U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller, Headquarters Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services; and retired Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Douglas Robb, former DHA director, react to comments at the Air Force Medical Command redesignation and change of command ceremony transitioning AFMEDCOM command authority from Maj. Gen. Sean T. Collins to Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes Sept. 10, 2025, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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AFMEDCOM holds redesignation and change of command ceremony

After relinquishing command, Maj. Gen. Sean T. Collins, AFMEDCOM’s first commander, addresses attendees during AFMEDCOM’s redesignation and change of command ceremony Sept. 10, 2025, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. Collins, AFMEDCOM’s first commander, will continue serving as the Air National Guard assistant to the Surgeon General, Senior Medical Advisor to the ANG, and as Director of the Space Force Medical Operations Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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AFMEDCOM holds redesignation and change of command ceremony

Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, U.S. Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, watches as the Air Force Honor Guard unfurls the Air Force Medical Command flag during the AFMEDCOM redesignation and change of command ceremony Sept. 10, 2025, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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AFMEDCOM holds redesignation and change of command ceremony

Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, Chief of Medical Enlisted Forces and Enlisted Corps Chief, secures the Air Force Medical Command flag as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, Maj. Gen. Sean T. Collins, AFMEDCOM Commander, and Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, U.S. Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, prepare to begin AFMEDCOM’s change of command ceremony Sept. 10, 2025, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. AFMEDCOM is the Department of Air Force’s largest direct reporting unit and it centralizes command and control of the medics responsible for delivering medical readiness, operational support, and health care delivery to America’s Airmen and Guardians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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AFMEDCOM holds redesignation and change of command ceremony

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin presents the Air Force Medical Command flag to Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, U.S. Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, during AFMEDCOM’s redesignation and change of command ceremony Sept. 10, 2025, at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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59th Medical Wing Transitions to AFMEDCOM

The 59th Medical Wing transitions from Air Education and Training Command to Air Force Medical Command on Sept. 9, 2025. The wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, is the Air Force’s largest medical wing and now falls under AFMEDCOM, a direct reporting unit established to centralize Air Force medicine and strengthen medical readiness. (Defense Health Agency graphic by Brian J. Valencia)
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250817-N-KC192-1052 NORFOLK, Va. (Aug. 17, 2025) Capt. Katheryn Stewart, the executive officer of the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), hugs Rear Adm. Robert Hawkins, commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL), and director, Defense Health Network (DHN) - Atlantic after Comfort returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 17, 2025. Comfort returned from its summer deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S.4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025 mission. The ship and crew completed six mission visits to Grenada, Panama, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, providing direct care to thousands of patients. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Levi Decker)
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439th ASTS members complete annual tour at U.S. Air Force Academy

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Rozlyn Edwards, aerospace medical technician with the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, prepares to administer medicine to a basic cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Jacks Valley medical clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 14, 2025. Basic cadets undergoing Basic Cadet Training must complete an assault and obstacle course as part of their transition from civilians to cadets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Underwood)
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439th ASTS members complete annual tour at U.S. Air Force Academy

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman JeanAnn Kasune, aerospace medical technician with the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, provides medical aid to a basic cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Jacks Valley medical clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 14, 2025. Cadets marched more than 6 miles to Jacks Valley to complete nearly two weeks of intensive field training before becoming cadets at the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Underwood)
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439th ASTS members complete annual tour at U.S. Air Force Academy

Members of the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron from Westover Air Reserve Base pose for a group photo at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 24, 2025. Last month, Westover reservists committed over 100 hours of service and treated over 800 basic cadets for injuries ranging from minor dehydration, sprained ankles, and cuts and bruises from training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Underwood)
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439th ASTS members complete annual tour at U.S. Air Force Academ

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Randolph, aerospace medical specialist with the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, wraps the ankle of a basic cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Jacks Valley medical clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 14, 2025. Basic cadet training is a six-week program designed to transition civilians into cadets ready for the four-year officer commissioning program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Underwood)
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Eglin life flight

Medics move out to receive a patient from a 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 Huey in Gainesville, Florida July 23, 2025. (Courtesy photo)
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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Norvell Walker Grant (1891-1964), known as the “grandfather” of the present-day Air Force Medical Service, spearheaded aeromedical research and created the Air Evacuation Service that safely transported over a million casualties during wartime. David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, is named after Grant, and his legacy of excellence continues with award-winning care. (Photo by Smithsonian Institution Archives)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Air Force senior medical leaders preview a demonstration of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform during a site visit hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under the Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. Attended by Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, AFMEDCOM Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Eveline Yao, and Director of Policy and Resources Brig. Gen. Jason Lennen, the site visit exhibited technological capabilities for battlefield care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, speaks with Airmen during a site visit showcasing technological capabilities to enhance expeditionary medical care, hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General, accesses the Battlefield Assisted Distributed Observation Kit on a designated mobile device to test the application’s user interface in entering patient data during a simulated trauma scenario. The Air Force Medical Command’s operational test division under its Capability Development Directorate, A5T, hosted an Air Force medical leadership site visit to demonstrate technological capabilities for battlefield care at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, July 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)
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Future of readiness: AFMS, partners explore innovative technologies

Notional patients lay in gurneys during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)
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