May 5, 2021 Nurse and Tech Week: Battle-tested and ready This time last year, as the world was trying to wrap its head around an unknown and unforgiving new enemy, Air Force nurses and medical technicians found themselves on the front lines of COVID-19.This week, the Air Force Medical Service recognizes the continued contribution, sacrifice and dedication
Feb. 16, 2021 446th Airlift Wing begins COVID-19 vaccinations The 446th Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Staging squadrons administered the first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine here on Feb. 6-7.First responders, healthcare providers and command staff assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing were prioritized in the wing’s first allotment, followed by
Feb. 9, 2021 YARS Airmen volunteer to receive first round of COVID-19 vaccinations Nearly 170 Reserve Citizen Airmen received the COVID-19 vaccine at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Feb. 6-7, 2021. Airmen are slated to receive their second doses of the vaccine during the March Unit Training Assembly.
Jan. 28, 2021 DOD vaccinating personnel worldwide against COVID-19 A little more than a month after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines Dec. 12 and Dec. 17, respectively, vaccines have been increasingly and successfully distributed and administered to Department of Defense
Dec. 2, 2020 Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.
July 1, 2020 Medical IMAs mobilized for historic COVID-19 response April 4th felt like a typical Saturday for Col. Ari Fisher, an Individual Mobilized Augmentee with the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency. After a busy week in his civilian job as a physician’s assistant at a gastroenterology clinic, Fisher was roused from a quick afternoon rest by his cell phone
June 11, 2020 Dobbins ARB transitions to HPCON Bravo DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- Dobbins Air Reserve Base transitioned from Health Protection (HPCON) CHARLIE to HPCON BRAVO, Tuesday, June 9, 2020.With the change to HPCON Bravo, all DoD ID cardholders, including retirees and dependents are now granted access to the installation; however, Force
June 10, 2020 433rd AW overcomes COVID-19 challenges The Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 433rd Airlift Wing here has spent the last three months successfully innovating new ways to accomplish the mission due to the restrictions posed by the pandemic of COVID-19.
June 3, 2020 Reserve Citizen Airmen return home after battling COVID-19 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing’s Medical Group, arrived here from New York City on a C-17 Globemaster III May 28 following a 54-day deployment.
May 28, 2020 Mother daughter duo serves on pandemic frontline Lt. Col. Susan Gutlove, a clinical nurse with the 910th Medical Squadron, and her daughter Micaela Gutlove, are both serving on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight in New York City.