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This Month in AFMS History: 60th anniversary of Lackland Air Force Base hospital dedication

The 3700th USAF Hospital, Lackland AFB, TX, seen from the air, sometime prior to construction of Wilford Hall Medical Center in 1957. S.W. Military Drive runs left to right at the top of the photo. One hundred and thirty-eight buildings comprised the sprawling facility. (Courtesy photo)
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This Month in AFMS History: 60th anniversary of Lackland Air Force Base hospital dedication

Sixty years ago, in November 1957, Lackland Air Force Base dedicated its new, nine-story, 500-bed hospital. At the time, it was the largest hospital in the Air Force. This was the first major phase of construction completed, and would be followed by successive expansions in 1961 and 1963. The hospital was replaced by a new facility in 2017, and the original is scheduled to be demolished over the next several years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett).
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Malcolm Grow legacy still strong in Air Force medicine

Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow, the first Air Force Surgeon General and longtime advocate of an independent Air Force Medical Service, remains a legacy in Air Force Medicine to this day. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Malcolm Grow legacy still strong in Air Force medicine

Malcolm Grow in 1917 as a young Captain in the Russian Army during World War I. Before the U.S. joined the war, Grow traveled to Russia to provide medical care to a Russian Army facing a critical shortage of qualified doctors. Grow returned to the U.S. once it joined the war, and served a long, distinguished career, before retiring a Major General in the U.S. Air Force, and becoming the first Air Force Surgeon General. (Photo courtesy of Air Force Medical Service History Office)
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Malcolm Grow legacy still strong in Air Force medicine

Col. Herbert B. Wright (left), the Chief of Professional Services, U.S. Army 8th Air Force and Brig. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow, at the time, Surgeon of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force, examine a heating bag Grow helped develop to keep fliers warm during high-altitude missions. (Photo courtesy of Air Force Medical Service History Office)
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USAFSAM prepares to celebrate centennial

In this photo from the early 1920s, researchers conduct an altitude classification test at the Medical Research Laboratory and School for Flight Surgeons, which would eventually become the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. May 2018 is the school’s 100 year anniversary. (Archive photo)
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386th AEW celebrates 75 years of history

The 386th Bombardment Group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for operations between 30 Jul 1943 and 30 Jul 1944 because it had the most outstanding record of all B-26 groups in the European Theater of Operations for that time period. During its 21 months of combat operations, the group launched 396 combat missions.  It delivered 16,280 tons of bombs onto enemy targets. Nearly 100 of the group's aircraft were either shot down or damaged beyond repair, over 300 airmen were killed or reported missing in action and another 217 were wounded. (Courtesy photo)
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386th AEW celebrates 75 years of history

The 386th Bombardment Group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for operations between 30 Jul 1943 and 30 Jul 1944 because it had the most outstanding record of all B-26 groups in the European Theater of Operations for that time period. During its 21 months of combat operations, the group launched 396 combat missions.  It delivered 16,280 tons of bombs onto enemy targets. Nearly 100 of the group's aircraft were either shot down or damaged beyond repair, over 300 airmen were killed or reported missing in action and another 217 were wounded. (Courtesy photo)
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386th AEW celebrates 75 years of history

The 386th Fighter-Bomber Group was activated on 8 April 1956 at Bunker Hill AFB as part of the 323d Fighter-Bomber Wing. Assigned to the Tactical Air Command, the group had three squadrons, 552d, 553d and 554th. Initially training with F-86 Sabre and then to the F100 Super Sabre to become proficient in all tactical air operations. (Courtesy Photo)
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Capt. Lance P. Sijan

November marks the 50th commemorative year since Capt. Lance P. Sijan ejected from his aircraft over Vietnam. He is the first Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. (photo courtesy of Janine Sijan-Rozina)
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Howard Air Force Base Clinic

Pictured is the Howard Air Force Base medical clinic in Panama in 1997.
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This month in AFMS history: Spotlighting Lt. Gen. Alexander “Rusty” Sloan

Official photograph of Lt. Gen. Alexander “Rusty” Sloan, 14th Surgeon General of the United States Air Force.
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Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” air ambulance

A Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” air ambulance put into service by the U.S. Army in 1918. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Portrait of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Theodore C. Lyster, Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section of the Signal Corps

Portrait of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Theodore C. Lyster, Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section of the Signal Corps and often called the father of aviation medicine.
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Aero Medical Laboratory at Hazelhurst Field

Buildings of the Aero Medical Laboratory at Hazelhurst Field, in Mineola, New York in 1918.
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Creation of the first Central Medical Establishment

Members of the 9th Troop Carrier Command take tests in night vision classes at an air base in England during WWII. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
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Creation of the first Central Medical Establishment

B-17 waistgunner over Europe. (Painting by Charles Ingram, 2017)
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Creation of the first Central Medical Establishment

A Member From The Personal Equipment Office Inspects The Oxygen Equipment Worn By A Pilot Of The 353rd Fighter Group, Based In England. 27 May 1945.
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Creation of the first Central Medical Establishment

1st Lt. Richard J. Trockman, Evansville, Indiana, at the escape hatch of a low pressure chamber. This chamber is in use by the U.S. Air Force, Headquarters 8th Air Force Provisional Medical Field Service School, High Wycombe, England and is for the purpose of testing the airmen’s general physical condition. 24 Feb 1943 (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
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1934 Alaskan Flight

Lt. Col. H.H. Arnold, Commanding Officer of Alaskan Flight and Maj. Ralph Royce, Operations Officer studying maps that will guide flight to Alaska. 27 July 1934 (Photo courtesy of NARA)
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