11 May 2020

A passion for helping and leading: Nurse leads Air Force Medical Service

A profession that faces disease and trauma and requires long hours on their feet may deter some, but for nurses, this profession was chosen to serve and ensure the health of those who live in their communities.

1 May 2020

An AFMS look back at April 2020

This month’s photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting the Air Force medical mission.

29 Apr 2020

AFRL Aircraft Decontamination Team ramps up battle against COVID-19

To support the global fight against COVID-19, the Air Force Research Laboratory quickly stood up an aircraft decontamination team pooling bioenvironmental, aircraft materials and medical experts from across the laboratory who’ve assessed a variety of aircraft decontamination support solutions.

24 Apr 2020

AFLCMC-led team delivers isolation container prototype for testing

Rapidly developed in response to the United States Transportation Command's Joint Urgent Operational Need, the Negatively Pressurized Conex, or NPC, is designed to fit inside of a C-17 Globemaster III, and enable the safe transport of as many as 28 patients both ambulatory and litter, and teams of medical professionals to medical facilities around the globe.

23 Apr 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.

13 Apr 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.

7 Apr 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.

7 Apr 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.

6 Apr 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.

6 Apr 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 New Jersey.