April 23, 2020 Operational testers unite in solution for transporting COVID-19 patients With the urgent need to transport as many as 4,000 American citizens from overseas per month, the Portable Bio-Chemical Module, or PBCM, is one of several options the Air Force is considering to transport infectious patients.
April 13, 2020 AMC Airmen conduct historic first aeromedical evacuation mission using Transport Isolation System The aeromedical evacuation mission, REACH 725, marked the first operational use of the TIS since its development during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and the first movement of COVID-19 positive patients aboard U.S. Air Force aircraft.
April 7, 2020 Joint Staff surgeon praises Americans stepping up to help COVID-19 victims Military medics are among the thousands of service members who are supporting the Defense Department's efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in communities across the U.S. and around the world.
April 7, 2020 Air Force releases guidance on use of cloth face covers To the extent practical, without significantly impacting mission, all individuals on Department of the Air Force property, installations and facilities are required to wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of physical distance in public areas or work centers.
April 6, 2020 Air Force postpones boards due to COVID-19 restrictions The Air Force is postponing promotion boards for the CY20B Colonel Biomedical Sciences Corps and Chaplain; CY20C Lieutenant Colonel Chaplain and Nurse Corps; and CY20B Chaplain Central Selection Boards, originally scheduled to convene June 8.
April 6, 2020 Air Force Reserve mobilizes medics to New York for COVID-19 response Air Force Reserve Command units mobilized more than 40 doctors, more than 70 nurses and approximately 13 respiratory technicians who departed their home stations for JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst for further inprocessing with the U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Forces Land Component Command, based out of
March 30, 2020 An AFMS look back at March 2020 This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.
March 24, 2020 Guard helps medical professionals combat COVID-19 From staffing informational phone banks to administering tests for COVID-19, many of the more than 9,000 National Guard members on duty in response to COVID-19 are assisting state and local medical professionals.
March 24, 2020 USAFE supports Italy COVID-19 response In response to the ongoing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, transported an En-Route Patient Staging System to Aviano Air Base, Italy, for delivery to the Italian Ministry of Defense.
March 23, 2020 Air Mobility Command temporarily suspends most Space-A travel due to COVID-19 Air Mobility Command today temporarily suspended most Space-Available travel aboard AMC and contracted aircraft, except for certain Category I, IV, and VI travel, effective March 21 in order to limit COVID-19’s spread and its impact on the force.
March 19, 2020 Goldfein emphasizes protecting force from COVID-19 while fulfilling all missions, operational priorities Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein said March 18 there have been seven confirmed cases of the new coronavirus to date among active-duty personnel, but that the Air Force is “still conducting global missions … which is priority one.”
March 12, 2020 Military health officials begin screening Air Force basic trainees for COVID-19 Each trainee is screened by qualified medical professionals upon arrival at the BMT reception center and anyone identified as a potential infected person would then be isolated from the rest of the population and provided treatment. During screening, all appropriate Centers for Disease Control
March 3, 2020 Air Force BMT integrates tactical combat casualty care course for all Airmen During the tactical combat casual care course, service members learn lifesaving skills to render basic medical aid to a trauma casualty.
March 3, 2020 Medics rehearse trilateral casualty scenarios at Cope North 2020 Together, the United States Air Force and Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Royal Australian air force raced against the clock in a realistic exercise scenario to save 24 patients from a bus rollover. They worked alongside Guam’s Army National Guard and local police and emergency medical
March 2, 2020 An AFMS look back at February 2020 This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.
Feb. 4, 2020 Goodfellow AFB's 312th TRS modernizes emergency medical responders course The 312th Training Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base recently acquired new and improved HAL Manikins as a training tool in the Emergency Medical Responders course.
Feb. 3, 2020 40th HS rescues missing snowmobilers in MT mountains A UH-1N Iroquois with a five-man air crew rescued A UH-1N Iroquois with a five-man air crew rescued two missing snowmobilers south of Neihart, Montana, Jan. 29.
Feb. 3, 2020 An AFMS look back at January 2020 This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.
Jan. 8, 2020 Virtual care: Trusted care anytime, anywhere In the middle of Nebraska at a missile alert facility, an Airman gets a fever and needs to see a doctor but the Airman’s options are limited until now. Maj. Michael Vernale, 90th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, mental health flight commander, in partnership with the 90th Missile Wing
Jan. 3, 2020 An AFMS look back at December 2019 This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.