Pediatrics

Maj. (Dr.) Tara Conner, 628th Medical Group pediatrician , conducts a routine checkup on two-year-old Olivia Feb. 1, 2013, at the 628th MSG Pediatrics clinic at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C.. The 628th MDG support Airmen by supporting their families every day. Their mission is to guide, support and assist families through the physical, mental and emotional growth of children, as well as treating illness. Olivia is the daughter of Maj. Tami Miller, Family Nurse Practitioner flight commander. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Tom Brading)

Pediatrics

Maj. (Dr.) Tara Conner, 628th Medical Group pediatrician , conducts a routine checkup on two-year-old Olivia Feb. 1, 2013, at the 628th MDG Pediatrics clinic at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The 628th MDG pediatricians support Airmen by supporting their families every day. Their mission is to guide, support and assist families through the physical, mental and emotional growth of children, as well as treating illness. Olivia is the daughter of Maj. Tami Miller, Family Nurse Practitioner flight commander. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Tom Brading)

Pediatrics

Maj. Tami Miller, Family Nurse Practitioner flight commander, plays with her two-year-old daughter, Olivia, Feb. 1, 2013, at the 628th Medical Group Pediatrics clinic at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The 628th MDG pediatricians support Airmen by guiding and assisting families through the physical, mental and emotional growth of children, as well as treating illness. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Tom Brading)

Pediatrics

The pediatricians of the 628th Medical Group support Airmen by guiding and assisting families through the physical, mental and emotional growth of children, as well as treating illness. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Tom Brading)

ECMO transfer

Members of the 59th Medical Wing Aeromedical Staging Facility transfer a patient being treated with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system into a C-17 Globemaster III, Jan. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. ECMO is a heart-lung bypass system that circulates blood through an external artificial lung and sends it back into the patient’s bloodstream. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

F-22 pilot physician takes healthcare, safety to new heights

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jay Flottmann, a former flight surgeon and now fully qualified F-22 Raptor pilot and 325th Fighter Wing chief of flight safety, is the first pilot-physician to drive the F-22. (Courtesy photo)