At the Air Force Research Laboratory, ensuring pilots, air crews and all flight equipment can withstand various pressures, is one of the missions in the lab’s 711th Human Performance Wing, where research and aerospace medicine converge to enhance the,
By Gina Marie Giardina, Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs / Published June 03, 2021
Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander; Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force surgeon general; and Darrell Phillipson, 711th Human Performance Wing acting director; cut the ceremonial ribbon during the opening of the new research altitude chambers May 27, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The four computer-controlled altitude chambers will perform a variety of studies to ensure the durability of flight equipment as well as to determine the effects altitude has on the human body. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
Shown is research altitude chamber three following a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 27, 2021 at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. One of four chambers, this chamber is utilized to perform rapid decompressions as quickly as .04 seconds with qualifi
59th MDW medics assist Honduras hospital during Resolute Sentinel 21 By Staff Sgt. Amanda Stanford, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs / Published June 03, 2021
Air Force Lt. Col. Necia Pope, a urologist with the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, operates on a patient at Hospital del Sur in Choluteca, Honduras, May 27. Resolute Sentinel 21 is a training opportunity with real-world benefits to increase the U.S. military’s medical and operational readiness while helping local citizens.
Air Force Capts. Courtney Hood and Kimpreet Kaur, anesthesia residents with the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, evaluate a patient at Hospital del Sur in Choluteca, Honduras, May 25. U.S. military doctors arrived in Choluteca for a urologic surgical readiness training exercise to provide essential surgeries to pre-selected Honduran patients.