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Talking Shop

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ashley Hall, dental assistant assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 15, 2017. During the visit Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein spent time with Airmen, learning about their contributions to U.S. Air Forces Central Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider)
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Joint Service Medical Professionals Setup for North Carolina Training Mission

Lt. Col. David Miller, an optometrist assigned to the 442d Medical Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., assists in setting up a phoropter, which was used to give eye exams in Hayesville, N.C., Aug. 1, 2017. The Innovative Readiness Training program meets training requirements for active, reserve and National Guard members and units while addressing public and society needs. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell)
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Respiratory therapist now battlefield medic

Senior Airman Joshua O’Sullivan, a respiratory therapist from the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has been named to the 10th volume of the Air Force’s Portraits in Courage, an annual program that highlights individual Airmen and teams for their honor, valor, devotion, and selfless sacrifice in the face of extreme danger to themselves and others. O’Sullivan was attached to a Critical Care Air Transportation Team at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Nov. 12, 2016, when an explosion near his quarters critically injured military personnel. A trained medic, O’Sullivan raced to the scene to render aid. (Courtesy Photo)
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Turbo Distribution 17-2

Capt. Ricardo Sequeira, left, an 821st Contingency Response Squadron flight medicine provider, discusses his medical procedures for a lower leg trauma with Staff Sgt. Zachary Green, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, standardization and evaluation, during a medical exercise at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., June 11, 2017. Turbo Distribution 17-2 is a U.S. Transportation Command exercise designed to assess the Joint Task Force-Port Opening’s ability to deliver and distribute cargo during humanitarian and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
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746th EAS flies mission in support of OIR

A medical technician from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron checks medical equipment on a patient transport May 19, 2017. The 379th EAES provides intra- and inter-theater aeromedical evacuation for service members throughout the area of responsibility. A typical mission includes transporting patients to locations with more definitive medical care or returning recovered personnel to duty at their deployed locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Battles)
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Coordinated response: Coalition forces conduct first joint crash exercise

Members of the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group medical operations flight prepare a pilot for transport, with the assistance of French security forces, during a joint crash exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 16, 2017. Coalition first responders worked together to provide joint response and care, and to simulate how they would respond in the event of an aircraft mishap. [Faces of French personnel have been obscured at the request of l'Armée de l'air.] (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marjorie A. Bowlden)
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CCAT Nurse

Members of the of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assist patients on medical transport flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Air Force nurse scientists are conducting valuable research to improve en route patient care during aeromedical evacuations.
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Army and Air Force team up for MEDEVAC

Army Reserve Spc. Ryan Flores and Spc. Bailey Jungmann of the 469th Medical Company, Wichita, Kan., team with Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherrelle Warren and Airman 1st Class Echo Heldreth of the 6th Medical Group from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., rush to transport a mannequin patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Responders Support Camp Nighthawk, Ind., during Guardian Response 17, April 29, 2017. Nearly 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from across the country participated in Guardian Response 17, a multi-component training exercise to validate the military's ability to support civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear catastrophe. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Sofia)
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The road to recovery: Airman defines true meaning of resilience

Second Lt. Ryan Novack, the 36th Munitions Squadron flight leader, prepares to run at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 1, 2017. Novack was a victim of a serious spinal injury from riding dirt bikes, resulting in him being paralyzed below the knees. After attending months of physical therapy, he returned to work and is currently conditioning for the Defense Department Warrior Games this summer in Chicago. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cierra Presentado)
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KMC medics implant AF's 1st Micra TPS

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Matthew Hann, an 81st Medical Operations Squadron interventional cardiologist, inserts a Micra Transcatheter Pacing System at the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., April 13, 2017. The Micra TPS is a new type of heart device that provides patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
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The future of surgery at Keesler Air Force Base

Maj. Lauren Buck, an 81st Surgical Operations Squadron general surgeon, and a surgical technician perform a da Vinci ventral hernia repair, March 28, 2017, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. This was the first robotic surgery in the Air Force. The robotic system enhances surgeons’ mobility and range of motion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jenay Randolph)
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State of the AFMS

Maj. Chris Backus, a pilot-physician, checks a patient at the flight medicine clinic on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 9, 2016. Pilot-physicians are involved in the research, development, testing, and evaluation of new and current Air Force systems and missions. Because of unique medical and human factors qualifications, pilot-physicians are particularly well suited to help develop new aircraft, life support equipment, and avionics or software upgrades. This is accomplished to enable aircrews to better adapt to the change in mission requirements. Backus is currently assigned to the 673rd Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
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Joint medical exercise hits the beach

Airman Michael Alvarez, left, and Staff Sgt. Roberto Gonzalez, center, both reservists with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, load a simulated patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III during the fifth annual MEDBEACH joint medical response exercise at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., March 5, 2017. The C-17 and an Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk were flown in to provide a staging platform for stabilization and transport of battlefield-injured service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Leslie Forshaw)
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U.S., Japan, Australia Airmen improve aeromedical evacuation integration

Aeromedical evacuation Airmen from the U.S., Japanese, and Australian air forces transport a simulated patient to a U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron as part of annual exercise Cope North at Tinian Air Field, Mariana Islands, Feb. 21, 2017. Aeromedical evacuation training was conducted on the Huron to familiarize Airmen with patient care on a new airframe. Cope North is a long-standing exercise designed to enhance multilateral air operations between the partnered militaries, bringing together more than 2,700 U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Marines who are training alongside approximately 600 combined Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force participants. (Courtesy photo)
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Total Force aeromedical Airmen receive new trainer

Contractors work with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to help move a C-130 fuselage trainer at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Feb. 23, 2017. The FuT allows for hands-on muscle memory of configuration, placement of in-flight kits, electrical, oxygen, emergency exits, and various other operations. One hundred percent of readiness skills are completed for the aeromedical evacuation technicians. It helps provide an innovative, cost effective, improved training platform for total force AE crew members and ground support personnel in terms of aircraft configuration familiarization and realistic, high-fidelity task training and mission simulation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tristin English)
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Fairchild pilots $4.3 billion DOD electronic health record upgrade

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, the Air Force Surgeon General, offers thanks and congratulations for the dedication and efforts of the 92d Medical Group during a MHS GENESIS "go-live" recognition ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash, Feb. 15, 2017. Fairchild AFB was the pilot base for the development and implementation of the new, Defense Department-wide health system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)
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Warriors of the North celebrate Month of the Military Child

Staff Sgt. Christopher Ford, 319th Operations Support Squadron NCO-in-charge of weather flight, pats his son CJ, 10-months-old, on the head April 5, 2016, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Ford and his son participated in the Beautiful Child Photo Shoot and Activity Fair, an event on Grand Forks AFB, as part of the Month of the Military Child celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Spark/Released)
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Chileans glean valuable knowledge from AFSOUTH Airmen

Capt. William Matthews and Staff Sgt. Adam Ruiz, bio-environmental engineers from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, demonstrate how to load casualties into the Transport Isolation System during a subject matter expert exchange at the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show in Santiago, Chile, March 29, 2016. Exchanges are conducted regularly throughout the year and involve U.S. Airmen sharing best practices and procedures to build partnerships and promote interoperability with partner-nation air forces throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman/Released)
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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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Air Staff Talks Sexual Assualt Awareness

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James speaks about the wingman's role in sexual assault prevention during a special Sexual Assault Awareness Month event at the Pentagon March 17, 2016. The event included participants who read actual victims' testimonials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)
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