• Double drive seeks blood, bone marrow donors

    Editor's note:  This story has been updated with date and time changes.WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Trying to find a bone marrow donor to help save a young mother’s life and the deaths of friends who passed away before such donors could be located are the main forces behind a blood and bone

  • C-STARS sets new DoD training standard with new simulator

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- The St. Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills is leading the way in innovative trauma training with its recent implementation of the first-ever Athena simulator to be utilized in the Department of Defense.  The simulator has female

  • Air Force Medical Service 2016 Award Winners Announced

    The Air Force Surgeon General has announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2016 individual and team Annual Awards.The nominations submitted reflect the extraordinary quality of the Airmen in the Air Force Medical Service. The accomplishments of those recognized demonstrate

  • LAST CALL: Physician Assistant Program seeks applicants by Jan. 30

    The Interservice Physician Assistant Program is accepting applications from active duty officers and enlisted Airmen through the end of January for the annual March selection boards.  1st Lt. Cindy Fernandez graduated from the program in October 2016. She was previously an enlisted member in

  • International students part of USAFSAM’s rich heritage

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- As the oldest continually operating institution of its kind, the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine -- part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing -- has long been a leading institute for education, research and

  • AFRL sends care packages to deployed team members

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Twenty deployed Air Force Research Laboratory team members will have a bit of a brighter holiday season, thanks to some care packages recently sent to them from the Operations Support Office at AFRL Headquarters.Over $2,000 worth of goods – which included