AEROSPACE MEDICINE SPECIALIST

Develops and administers the aerospace medicine program; supervises, conducts medical examinations, and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification. Directs evaluations of living and working environments within the Air Force community to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury.

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Duties And Responsibilities Open Tab Button Duties And Responsibilities Supervises aerospace medicine program. Develops policies and procedures and prepares directives governing flight medicine, physical exams and standards, preventive medicine, and occupational medicine. Serves as the principal liaison with federal, state, and local agencies in matters related to aerospace medicine, preventive medicine, and occupational medicine. Establishes medical standards for flying and special operational personnel. Makes determinations on waivers of medical standards. Develops and directs training programs for aeromedical personnel. Directs preventive medicine activities. Directs health education and control measures for preventable diseases and injuries. Assesses living and work environments to ensure healthy communities. Develops and implements research projects to control communicable and preventable diseases. Directs health promotion and fitness programs. Provides guidance on nutrition, food service sanitation, water supply safety, sewage and waste disposal, immunizations, and other community health issues. Conducts or provides consultation for disease outbreak investigations and health services research. Advises medical staff. Advises and educates medical and dental staff on treatment of flying and special operational personnel and preparation of patients for aeromedical evacuation. Provides medical oversight and guidance to bioenvironmental engineering, military public health, physiological training, and organizations. Provides epidemiological expertise for population-based services and evidence-based medical practice. Directs occupational medicine support. Evaluate, assess, and fully characterize aerospace worker health in relation to aerospace operations, including selection and retention standards to maximize the ability to perform safely and efficiently. Determines frequency and scope of occupational medicine exams required by federal regulations and workplace exposures. Conducts and supervises placement and periodic health exams for employees. Establishes procedures to identify occupational hazards, to notify appropriate agencies of occupational diseases or injuries, and to investigate job related injuries or illness. Directs flight medicine or physical examination section program. Examines personnel to determine fitness for flying and special duty, or to recommend continuance, removal, or return to flying status and aviation service. Provides primary medical care for flyers and their families, to include preventive medicine, counseling, and family support unit. Manages disorders and injuries unique to flight. Serves as liaison between flying squadrons and other medical services. Provides aeromedical consultation to commanders at all levels. Directs medical support to operational mission. Regularly participates in the flying mission. In-flight duties include evaluation of aircrew, aircraft, environment, and mission to provide feedback and guidance to line and medical staff. Develops and manages a mission-oriented preventive medicine program. Fully characterizes the operational environment as it relates to health and performance, providing recommendations to decrease risk, prevent mishaps, increase health, and enhance performance. Integrates medical and aviation knowledge to identify aeromedical research needs. Establishes policies and procedures for aircraft mishap and disaster response and managing casualties in aviation accidents and other disasters. Provides advice on air rescue and aeromedical evacuation. Serves on aircraft mishap investigation boards. Develops the aeromedical component of flying safety performance enhancement programs. Directs medical support of contingency operations. Directs the planning and implementation of medical prevention, intervention and evacuation during contingency operations. Applies medical intelligence and uses available intelligence to optimize the effectiveness of deploying forces. Functions as the advocate for the human operator in aerospace weapon systems. Fosters the identification of science, technology, and engineering needs and solutions. Directs the insertion of these needs and solution concepts into mission area and mission support plans to improve operator performance and mission capability. SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO Specialty Qualifications Open Tab Button Specialty Qualifications Knowledge. Fulfillment of education and experience requirements satisfies this requirement. Education. For entry into this specialty, it is mandatory to possess a doctor of medicine degree or a doctor of osteopathy degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy, a Master's degree or equivalent in public health, and completion of a residency in a clinical specialty at a hospital acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.	UNITS Aerospace Medicine Specialist is available in the following units 102nd Intelligence Wing Otis Air Natl, MA 02542 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 103rd Airlift Wing East Granby, CT 06026 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 104th Fighter Wing Westfield, MA 01085 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 107th Airlift Wing Niagara Falls, NY 14304 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 111th Fighter Wing Horsham, PA 19044 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 120th Fighter Wing Great Falls, MT 59404 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 121st Air Refueling Wing Columbus, OH 43217 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 122nd Fighter Wing Fort Wayne, IN 46809 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 123rd Airlift Wing Louisville, KY 40213 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 124th Wing Boise, ID 83705 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 129th Rescue Wing Mountain View, CA 94043 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 130th Airlift Wing Charleston, WV 25311 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 131st Bomb Wing – St Louis Unit Whiteman AFB, MO 65305 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 138th Fighter Wing Tulsa, OK 74135 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 140th Wing Aurora, CO 80011 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 141st Air Refueling Wing Spokane, WA 99201 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 144th Fighter Wing Fresno, CA 93727 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 146th Airlift Wing Port Hueneme, CA 93041 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 149th Fighter Wing Lackland AFB, TX 78236 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 152nd Airlift Wing Reno, NV 89502 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 154th Wing Hickam AFB, HI 96853 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 155th Air Refueling Wing Lincoln, NE 68524 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 157th Air Refueling Wing Newington, NH 03803 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 159th Fighter Wing New Orleans, LA 70143 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 161st Air Refueling Wing Phoenix, AZ 85034 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 165th Airlift Wing Garden City, GA 31408 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 166th Airlift Wing New Castle, DE 19720 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 167th Airlift Wing Martinsburg, WV 25401 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 171st Air Refueling Wing Coraopolis, PA 15108 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 173rd Fighter Wing Klamath Falls, OR 97603 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 174th Fighter Wing Syracuse, NY 13211 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 180th Fighter Wing Swanton, OH 43558 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 181st Intelligence Wing Terre Haute, IN 47803 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 182nd Airlift Wing Peoria, IL 61607 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 183rd Fighter Wing Springfield, IL 62707 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 184th Intelligence Wing Wichita, KS 67210 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 186th Air Refueling Wing Meridian, MS 39307 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 188th Fighter Wing Fort Smith, AR 72903 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 190th Air Refueling Wing Topeka, KS 66604 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 194th Regional Support Wing Tacoma, WA 98430 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 150th Wing Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information

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Supervises aerospace medicine program. Develops policies and procedures and prepares directives governing flight medicine, physical exams and standards, preventive medicine, and occupational medicine. Serves as the principal liaison with federal, state, and local agencies in matters related to aerospace medicine, preventive medicine, and occupational medicine. Establishes medical standards for flying and special operational personnel. Makes determinations on waivers of medical standards. Develops and directs training programs for aeromedical personnel. Directs preventive medicine activities. Directs health education and control measures for preventable diseases and injuries. Assesses living and work environments to ensure healthy communities. Develops and implements research projects to control communicable and preventable diseases. Directs health promotion and fitness programs. Provides guidance on nutrition, food service sanitation, water supply safety, sewage and waste disposal, immunizations, and other community health issues. Conducts or provides consultation for disease outbreak investigations and health services research. Advises medical staff. Advises and educates medical and dental staff on treatment of flying and special operational personnel and preparation of patients for aeromedical evacuation. Provides medical oversight and guidance to bioenvironmental engineering, military public health, physiological training, and organizations. Provides epidemiological expertise for population-based services and evidence-based medical practice. Directs occupational medicine support. Evaluate, assess, and fully characterize aerospace worker health in relation to aerospace operations, including selection and retention standards to maximize the ability to perform safely and efficiently. Determines frequency and scope of occupational medicine exams required by federal regulations and workplace exposures. Conducts and supervises placement and periodic health exams for employees. Establishes procedures to identify occupational hazards, to notify appropriate agencies of occupational diseases or injuries, and to investigate job related injuries or illness. Directs flight medicine or physical examination section program. Examines personnel to determine fitness for flying and special duty, or to recommend continuance, removal, or return to flying status and aviation service. Provides primary medical care for flyers and their families, to include preventive medicine, counseling, and family support unit. Manages disorders and injuries unique to flight. Serves as liaison between flying squadrons and other medical services. Provides aeromedical consultation to commanders at all levels. Directs medical support to operational mission. Regularly participates in the flying mission. In-flight duties include evaluation of aircrew, aircraft, environment, and mission to provide feedback and guidance to line and medical staff. Develops and manages a mission-oriented preventive medicine program. Fully characterizes the operational environment as it relates to health and performance, providing recommendations to decrease risk, prevent mishaps, increase health, and enhance performance. Integrates medical and aviation knowledge to identify aeromedical research needs. Establishes policies and procedures for aircraft mishap and disaster response and managing casualties in aviation accidents and other disasters. Provides advice on air rescue and aeromedical evacuation. Serves on aircraft mishap investigation boards. Develops the aeromedical component of flying safety performance enhancement programs. Directs medical support of contingency operations. Directs the planning and implementation of medical prevention, intervention and evacuation during contingency operations. Applies medical intelligence and uses available intelligence to optimize the effectiveness of deploying forces. Functions as the advocate for the human operator in aerospace weapon systems. Fosters the identification of science, technology, and engineering needs and solutions. Directs the insertion of these needs and solution concepts into mission area and mission support plans to improve operator performance and mission capability.

SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO

Specialty Qualifications

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Specialty Qualifications

Knowledge. Fulfillment of education and experience requirements satisfies this requirement.

Education. For entry into this specialty, it is mandatory to possess a doctor of medicine degree or a doctor of osteopathy degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy, a Master's degree or equivalent in public health, and completion of a residency in a clinical specialty at a hospital acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF.