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After the Air Force separated from the Army in 1947, it retained the Army's system of MOS occupation codes, modifying them in 1954. These were 5-digit codes; for example a maintenance data systems specialist was 39150 and a weather technician was 25170.
The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General , Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman ...
A United States military occupation code, or a military occupational specialty code (MOS code), is a nine-character code used in the United States Army and United States Marine Corps to identify a specific job. In the United States Air Force, a system of Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC) is used.
Pages in category "Medical units and formations of the United States Air Force" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
These include the United States Air Force Medical Service Corps, [1] which is a branch of the Air Force Medical Service; the United States Navy Medical Service Corps, [2] which is a staff corps of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and the United States Army Medical Service Corps, [3] which is a branch of the Army Medical Department.
An Air Force Occupational Badge is a military badge of the United States Air Force which is awarded to those members of the Air Force community who are engaged in duties "other than flying". The purpose of the Air Force Occupational Badge is to denote and recognize training, education and qualifications received in a particular career field and ...
The term "flight surgeon" originated in the early months of 1918 when the U.S. Air Medical Service of the U.S. Army collaborated with two civilian aviation organizations—the Aero Club of America and the Aerial League of America—to manage problems of medical screening and standards for U.S. military aviators.
For the Air Force, lieutenant generals include commanders of large numbered air forces or major commands, [209] [210] deputy and assistant chiefs of staff of the Air staff, [211] deputies of four-star major commands, the chief of Air Force Reserve, [212] as well as the specialty positions of the inspector general, [213] surgeon general [214 ...