April 10, 2025 Breaking the silence: How the 59th MDW Is transforming mental health care for military aviators Capt. (Dr.) William Hoffman, a neurologist and aeromedical researcher with the 59th Medical Wing, is addressing widespread health care avoidance among military aviators through data-driven research and policy advocacy.
June 5, 2020 Aerospace medicine: Flight surgeons Flight surgeons, despite their official duty title do not perform surgeries while in flight. The misnomer stems from the early days of aviation medicine, when the U.S. Army Aviation Section ordered three military physicians to attend aviation school to ensure aircrew were physically prepared to fly.