An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
HomeNewsPhotos

 

 

 

Clear Filters | 101 - 120 of 121 results

Air Force leadership visits Keesler Medical Center

U.S. Air Force Col. Beatrice Dolihite, 81st Medical Group director and service commander, delivers the 81st MDG mission brief to Gen. Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Matthew Donovan, Under Secretary of the Air Force; Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, and Keesler Leadership at the Keesler Medical Center auditorium at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 10, 2018. The purpose of the visit was to become more familiar with the 81st MDG's mission capabilities prior to Keesler Medical Center's transition to the Defense Health Agency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Details Download

Kansas ANG and TUKHS partnership

Maj. Penny Glenn (center), a critical care nurse with the 190th Medical Group and education specialist with The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), trains a guard member during a clinical rotation at TUKHS, June 20, 2017. The 190th Medical Group, part of the 190th Kansas Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing, has an established partnership with TUKHS to ensure Airmen maintain their clinical currency to deliver care downrange. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

99th MDG: The backbone of AF spine surgery

Airmen assigned to the 99th Medical Group perform in an orthopedic spine surgery at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 27, 2018. Having in-house surgeons allows patients to bypass referrals downtown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver)
Details Download

Battlespace acoustics branch protects hearing, human performance

Dr. Eric Thompson, a research engineer with the Warfighter Interface Division, Battlespace Acoustics Branch, part of the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, sits inside their Auditory Localization Facility (ALF). The facility allows researchers to test 3-D audio software that spatially separates sound cues to mimic real-life human audio capabilities. The application allows operators in complex communication environments with multiple talking voices to significantly improve voice intelligibility and communication effectiveness. The technology, which consists primarily of software and stereo headphones, has potential low-cost, high-value application for both aviation and ground command and control communication systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Details Download

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)
Details Download

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)
Details Download

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)
Details Download

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)
Details Download

C-STARS Baltimore

Maj. Shane Runyon (right), Baltimore’s Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) program deputy director, and Master Sgt. Sean Patterson, a respiratory therapist and superintendent of C-STARS Baltimore, set up for patient arrival at the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, June 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Baltimore program partners with the R Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center to ensure medical Airmen train on the latest trauma care techniques. These techniques prepare medical Airmen to treat trauma patients in a deployed setting. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

C-STARS Baltimore

Maj. Shane Runyon, Baltimore’s Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) program deputy director, and Master Sgt. Sean Patterson, a respiratory therapist and superintendent of C-STARS Baltimore, work with staff and students on a newly arrived patient at the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, June 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Baltimore program partners with the R Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center to ensure medical Airmen train on the latest trauma care techniques by embedding them in the clinic and giving them first-hand experience treating trauma patients. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

C-STARS Baltimore

Col. Joseph DuBose, trauma surgeon and director of the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) Baltimore, and Master Sgt. Shane Patterson, a respiratory therapist and superintendent of C-STARS Baltimore, receive a report on an incoming patient at the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, June 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Baltimore program partners with the R Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center to ensure medical Airmen train on the latest trauma care techniques. These techniques prepare medical Airmen to treat trauma patients in a deployed setting. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Early screenings increase Airmen readiness

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brittany Nutt (left), a women's health nurse practitioner at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and consultant to the Air Force surgeon general for women's health, examines her patient's thyroid during a routine prenatal appointment. As more women join the Air Force, the role of women’s health care provider will become more important to female Airmen readiness and the health of mission. (U.S. Army photo by Gia Oney)
Details Download

Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Lt. Col. Lisa Banyasz-de Silva, a reserve division chief with Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), poses for a photo with two members of the Hungarian military while assigned to the Combined Joint Operations Center during a 2014 NATO deployment at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. Banyasz-de Silva, who is also a civilian nurse, provides programming and oversight of medical professionals and financial resources for 82 reserve medical units. She also develops policy and training to enable medical units to produce combat ready Airmen. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Official Portrait

This is the official portrait of Colonel Lisa Banyasz-de Silva.
Details Download

Official Portrait

This is the official portrait of Major Robert Simmons.
Details Download

Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Lt. Col. Debora Lehker (right), reserve commander at the 752nd Medical Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., poses for a photo with fellow nurses, 1st Lt. James Mitchener and Capt. Johanna Boone at the March Air Reserve Base Air Show, April 8, 2018. Lehker and other Air Force medics provided medical support at the air show. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Maj. (Dr.) Josef Schmid, a reserve mobilization assistant to the Air Force Surgeon General, and civilian NASA flight surgeon, flies the T-38 in May 2002. Because of his reserve and civilian roles, Schmid is familiar with the rigors of flight and is able to administer care to both Airmen and astronauts. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then-Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Josef Schmid, a reserve mobilization assistant to the Air Force Surgeon General, and civilian NASA flight surgeon, waits for the Soyuz space capsule to land in Kazakhstan, May 13, 2014. Once the Soyuz vehicle landed, Schmid was responsible for recovering astronauts in the field after their flight. (Courtesy photo)
Details Download

Air Force Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Maj. Robert Simmons (left), a reserve Medical Service Corps officer with the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., received a Citizen Appreciation Award on Oct. 19, 2017 from the Tampa Police Department Interim Chief Brian Dugan (right) for his response to a traffic accident and his subsequent life-saving actions. In July 2017, having just finished his monthly reserve training and leaving the base, Simmons witnessed a car accident that left one driver severely wounded as a result of an impaled object. Simmons was able to quickly secure the scene and administer life-saving care to the driver. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
Details Download

Medically ready to be mission ready

Air Force Col. (Dr.) Kimberly Pietszak, interim chief, Department of Quality Services, and assistant chief, Department of Medicine, examines Air Force Col. Patrick McCain at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Aug 26, 2015. Getting regular checkups are vital step in maintaining one’s Individual Medical Readiness and aids an Airman’s ability to support the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Corey Toye)
Details Download