Aug. 20, 2024 Innovative Readiness Training delivers vital medical care to Guam residents More than 100 U.S. Air Force Reserve, active duty Air Force, Army, Navy, and Guam Air National Guard service members collaborated with the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services and other community partners to host the 2024 Guam Wellness Innovative Readiness Training.
Aug. 6, 2024 Joining Forces: Air Force Reserve squadron boosts naval medical care in San Diego The 514th Aeromedical Staging Squadron of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, recently spent their annual tour at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, where they worked alongside their Navy counterparts in the intensive care unit and emergency department for two weeks.
March 5, 2024 U.S., U.K. Reservists share AE expertise in longstanding partnership A team of Reservists from the Royal Air Force was hosted by the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to deepen each others’ expertise and maintain their ongoing partnership during a training event at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, March 1-3, 2024.
Nov. 29, 2023 Physician reflects on an American tragedy The inside of the hospital bustled with the sounds of an emergency the night of October 25, 2023. All possible hands were called to respond to a mass casualty event.
Sept. 6, 2023 Mountain Medic 23 tests joint-service medical evacuation readiness in austere environment Soldiers, Airmen and Guardians from multiple units participated in Exercise Mountain Medic 23, designed to simulate the evacuation and treatment of injured personnel in a joint-service austere battle zone, Aug. 7-18, 2023, throughout Colorado.
July 28, 2023 Remembering the Great Flood of 1993 Responding to flood disasters is nothing new for the U.S. Air Force and the Mobility Air Forces in particular. However, 30 years ago this summer, the Illinois and Missouri region suffered one of the most devastating flood events in history: The Great Flood of 1993.
July 26, 2023 Opportunity in the Ozarks: 307th MDS takes part in IRT mission Innovative Readiness Training missions like Northwest Arkansas Wellness provide communities in the U.S. and its territories with no-cost medical services. It also allows military members to gain valuable hands-on training.
July 19, 2023 Air Force Reserve AE technicians, Peruvian partners participate in training scenario Resolute Sentinel 23 aims to improve readiness of U.S. and partner nation military and interagency personnel through joint defense interoperability training, engineering projects and knowledge exchanges.
June 15, 2023 Operation Healthy Delta begins in southern Missouri and Illinois Service members from across the Department of Defense are joining forces with the U.S. Public Health Service and community partners to complete Innovative Readiness Training, June 10-20, 2023.
June 2, 2023 Exercise Operation Dionysus: 446 AES creates exercise to hone capabilities This mass casualty exercise was the culminating event of Operation Dionysus, which occurred May 9-12, 2023, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. Air Force Reserve units gathered in the shadow of Mt. Etna to participate in the full-scale, joint and allied mobility exercise.
June 1, 2023 In sync: 934th Airlift Wing organizes joint force training exercise More than 60 service members from approximately 10 units across the Air Force Reserve, Minnesota National Guard, Wisconsin National Guard and the Royal Canadian Air Force participated in a joint training exercise.
April 25, 2023 Flying as a family: 934th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron bond helps save lives in the sky For the 934th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, time in the air isn’t just for training - it’s time spent with family. During a training exercise to the U.S. Virgin Islands, in late March, 934 AES Airman demonstrated their medical proficiency and a solid commitment to each other and unit cohesion.
Feb. 7, 2023 From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds On January 2nd, when many football fans were watching the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, an Air Force surgeon, was on call at UC Health’s University of Cincinnati Medical Center not knowing what she was about to face.
Oct. 6, 2022 1st Lt. Kelsey Adams, 914 ASTS Physician Assistant, leads team in medical emergency Three Airmen stationed at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station combined their skills and abilities to assist in an off-base civilian medical emergency.
Oct. 5, 2022 Like father, like son While following in family members’ footsteps is a fairly common motivation for joining for many service members, it’s not as common to be able to serve at the same time, much less in the same unit. Take the father-son duo of Staff Sgts. Dexter and Dylan Callais, for example.
Sept. 21, 2022 Mountain Medic 22 exercise embodies total force construct, ends successfully Exercise Mountain Medic 22 wrapped up a few weeks ago after successfully incorporating multiple branches of military, several key players and both Army and Air Force aircraft in Colorado Springs, Aug. 16-26, 2022.
Aug. 26, 2022 Liberators hold South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise The 459th Air Refueling Wing holds first ever South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise planned to assess capabilities to deploy Airmen, and their ability to survive and operate in a challenging, degraded, and operationally limited environment.
Aug. 26, 2022 Reservists sharpen readiness, build relationships at Resolute Sentinel Resolute Sentinel is a new 12th Air Force (Air Force Southern)-led U.S. Southern Command exercise first held in 2021. Resolute Sentinel evolved from the longstanding New Horizons and Beyond the Horizons, annual joint humanitarian assistance exercises in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Aug. 9, 2022 Reservists build a bridge of service around the world Tucked away in a rural town of Nigeria, lies a small mission hospital where a young Ifiok Idem and Emem Idem worked together as local doctors. One day, someone was in dire need of surgery and a blood transfusion, yet there was not enough blood in the blood bank.
Dec. 6, 2021 Department of the Air Force reaches 95% Total Force vaccination rate This final deadline for Department of the Air Force service members to be fully vaccinated resulted in more than 95% of the total force having at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.