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The Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) concept dates from 1988, when Col. P.K. Carlton and Maj. J. Chris Farmer originated the development of this program while stationed at U.S. Air Force Hospital Scott, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. [1] Dr. Carlton was the Hospital Commander, and Dr. Farmer was a staff intensivist.
The Air Force Medical Operations Agency sprang from the ashes of the former flight medicine department of the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) in 1992. Though it originally cared for operational matters under the direction of the AF/SG (Surgeon General) as a field-operating unit, as AFMS duties changed, so did those of the AFMOA.
The T-1 served as the model for subsequent Air Force partial pressure suits needed by aircrews in advanced high performance aircraft. [63] 9 February 1949 The world's first Department of Space Medicine established at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Harry Armstrong created the venue for ...
In order to correct these problems, JCIDS is intended to guide the development of requirements for future acquisition systems to reflect the needs of all five services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force and Air Force) by focusing the requirements generation process on needed capabilities as requested or defined by one of the US combatant ...
In 1996, AFMA merged with the Air Force Quality Institute and became the Air Force Center for Quality and Management Innovation. [4] It received its current designation in 2003. The agency, through its four major divisions and five subordinate manpower requirement squadrons , developed manpower requirements determination tools and manpower ...
An Enlisted Performance Report (EPR) is an evaluation form used by the United States Air Force. Instructions for constructing an EPR appear in chapter 3 of Air Force Instruction 36-2406: Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Systems. The EPR replaced the Airman Performance Report (APR) in the late 1980s. The EPR was replaced by the Enlisted ...
Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (2.5 weeks) This course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas using minimal equipment. This includes instruction of principles, procedures, equipment and techniques that help individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments ...
The Air Force use several terms to identify the different type of installations it operates: [2] Air Force Base, Air Reserve Base or Air Guard Base are used to describe an installation from which aircraft operations can be conducted or from which major activities of importance to Air Force combat, combat support, or training missions can be ...