Air Force medical personnel are working with researchers at the University of Cincinnati to understand how providing medical care in the darkened, noisy, moving environments of military aircraft affects the body and what may be done to offset those effects, said Lt. Gen. Charles Green, Air Force surgeon general. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel panel earlier this month, Green said clinical studies are also examining the amount of oxygen to give patients at higher altitudes during aeromedical evacuations. The Air Force also has recently fielded a device to improve spinal immobilization for AE patients, he said. Together with the Army, USAF medical personnel also are testing equipment to improve areas like ventilation, fluid resuscitation, and physiological monitoring in critical care air support, he noted. (Green prepared remarks)
OA-1K Skyraider Crashes in Oklahoma, Crew Uninjured
Oct. 24, 2025
An Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II crashed near Oklahoma City on Oct. 23, with a civilian contractor and Active-duty Airman escaping uninjured. The OA-1K was on a training mission when the crash occurred, less than 10 miles from the base.
