• 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

  • Trusted Care is the path to better medical care

    Trusted Care is all about transforming the Air Force Medical Service into an organization that consistently produces outcomes better than expected no matter what the operational environment. This means training medical Airmen to better engage with their patients, provide better overall care, reduce

  • Base-wide exercise tests responses to hijacking, disease outbreak

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel faced a series of events designed to complete several annual exercise requirements and evaluate the installation’s ability to respond to emergencies base-wide last week. Exercise activities began early on Monday as

  • November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – According to the American Diabetes Association, every five minutes, two people die of diabetes related causes and 14 are diagnosed with the disease. More than 29 million Americans are living with diabetes and 86 million, one in four people, are at high risk

  • USAFSAM pioneers radioactive sample testing technique

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Radioanalytical Laboratory at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here has revolutionized the way samples are dissolved to test for radioactive materials: by using automated fusion.The fusion technique is used to dissolve tough