Oct. 23, 2023 Team Travis participates in Exercise Golden Gateway Team Travis Airmen validated Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Employment capabilities during Exercise Golden Gateway, Oct. 15-19, 2023.
June 28, 2023 Airmen to see changes in deployment cycles with AFFORGEN The U.S. Air Force is transitioning away from the expeditionary Air Force model of force presentation to the Air Force Force Generation model after more than 20 years of contingency operations.
May 30, 2023 Austere medicine redefined: Testing Air Transportable Clinic-Establish capabilities at Northern Edge 23-1 Northern Edge 23-1, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command sponsored, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces led, multilateral, joint field training exercise, kicked off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on May 4, 2023.
May 18, 2023 87th MDG welcomes automated gas mask fit test Air Force Medical Readiness Agency representatives visited the 87th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron to conduct initial field-training on the new automated gas mask fit testing kiosk on May 11, 2023.
May 15, 2023 Mountain Home AFB leans forward on MEDIC-X training for future fight MEDIC-X training will be offered across the Air Force July 1, but several bases like Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, have already started training their medical personnel to deliver care in the future fight.
April 26, 2023 Building the multi-capable medic: New deployed medical training to expand medical skills The Air Force Medical Service is expanding its MEDIC-X initiative across the Air Force to ensure all Airmen assigned to medical treatment facilities are adaptable and ready for a dynamic future battlefield.
March 13, 2023 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron validates contingency medical staging skills The 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron honed their medical staging skills for contingency operations during exercise MEDBEACH, Feb. 28 through March 4.
March 7, 2023 N.Y. Air Guard medical technicians train with Canadian counterparts in the Arctic Three Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing’s 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, are part of a 60-Airmen contingent taking part in Guerrier Nordique 2023, a Canadian Forces exercise that kicked off on February 22.
Jan. 27, 2023 332d Expeditionary Medical Squadron creates multi-capable Airmen The 332d Expeditionary Medical Squadron is working hard creating multi-capable Airmen, a concept that aims to generate additional capability while reducing the number of Airmen who must be put in harm’s way.
Dec. 14, 2022 Air Force medical leaders discuss future operational challenges, solutions at annual workshop Last week, Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General hosted the annual, week-long Air Force Medical Ser-vice Senior Leadership Workshop in Leesburg, Virginia.
Dec. 13, 2022 Alaska Air Guard medical Airmen practice ACE capabilities at Hickam ACE - Agile Combat Employment. It’s not just the new buzz word for the U.S. Air Force, it’s an operational concept designed to help give the advantage in the next major conflict.
Aug. 18, 2022 Exercise Distant Horizon validates Indo-Pacific sustainment functions Distant Horizon is an annual exercise that prepares the 920th Rescue Wing’s Personnel Recovery Task Forces for global, war, contingency, humanitarian, and in extremis operations.
July 13, 2022 Air Force focuses on future of Indo-Pacific alliances, Agile Combat Employment The Cope North 2022 exercise in Guam marked a decade of Indo-Pacific security cooperation between Japan, Australia, and the United States and an opportunity to modernize training for the future.
Feb. 10, 2022 403rd Wing develops multi-capable Airmen during 'Super UTA' As part of a beta test of a new UTA schedule setup, the 403rd Wing tested a three-day UTA weekend Feb. 4-6, focused on hands-on training with an emphasis on MCAs.
Sept. 20, 2021 Airmen hone expeditionary skills at Rally in Rockies exercise Active duty, Air National Guard and Reserve Airmen gathered in Colorado and Wyoming for 22nd Air Force’s flagship exercise Rally in the Rockies Sept. 12-17. The exercise is designed to develop Airmen for combat operations by challenging them with realistic scenarios that support a full spectrum of