1. Col Tim Greydanus, MD USAF, MC, SFS
AIR FORCE UPDATE
Col Tim Greydanus, MD
USAF, MC, SFS

2. Air Force Carrier

3. Overview Color Vision Standards RPA Standards Pilot-Physician Program
Flight Surgeon Flying Training Program
Flight and Operational Medical Technician Training
Electronic Waiver Management System
Joint Endeavors
“Odds and Ends”

4. Color Vision Standards

5. Color Vision Standards
Multi-function, multi-color displays in the F-22 and F-35
low-illumination, low-contrast environments
up-graded visors
Cone Contrast Test (CCT)
joint standards for color vision

6. Before Mr Koppy reviews their physical….

7. After Mr Koppy reviews their physical…

8. RPA Medical Standards
MQ-9 Reaper

9. Small, Unmanned Airborne System (SUAS) Operator
RQ-11 Raven

10. RPA “Top Knife” Program
Holloman AFB, New Mexico
One week program
21 Flight Surgeons and Psychologists trained thus far
Participate in MQ-1/9 missions in a training environment
This course is designed for medical professionals supporting the operators for remotely piloted aircraft,
intelligence surveillance reconnaissance, and distributed common ground system imagery analysts. Course will
mirror the remotely piloted aircraft senior officer’s course. Like Top-Knife, a remotely piloted aircraft -variant
course, training will familiarize medical officers (Flight Surgeons, Physiologists and Psychologists) with the
primary weapon system (MQ-1/9 system fundamentals, checklists, operation, etc.), its missions (i.e., concept of
operations, associated techniques, tactics, and procedures, etc.), the community's terminology/vernacular, and
the prevalent occupational/human performance considerations. Students will play the role of pilot and sensor
operator in the predator mission aircrew training system, guided by an operational subject matter
expert/instructor. Students will partake in several missions in the training environment, which have the
advantage of being an unclassified environment. The missions cover launch through recovery and are of
sufficient brevity that students will gain an understanding of a full mission.

11. F-15 C Eagle

12. Lt Gen Tom Travis, AF/SG

13. Pilot –Physician Program
Lt Col (Dr) Jay Flottman, first F-22 pilot-physician.

14. Pilot-Physician Program
Flight Surgeon to Pilot Training
2015 is the 3rd year for the program
Goal: Pilot-Physicians
One for each major weapons platform and at the Major Commands as well as HQ Air Force
2-4 slots at both undergraduate pilot and RPA pilot training per year
Squadron billets are funded by AFMS dollars

15. A-10 Thunderbolt

16. Flight Surgeon Flying Training
Difficulty competing for flying hours with other training pipelines
Flights during Aerospace Medicine Primary (AMP) course were often more orientation or incentive type flights
Most flying expertise came from OJT at Squadron level

17. Flight Surgeon Flying Training
Developed separately funded program to conduct flight training for flight surgeons.
8-9 retired Air Force pilots (all FAA CFI’s), Cirrus SR22 and Pitts S2B aircraft
Utilize a community airport near Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Separated original Aerospace Medicine Primary(AMP) course into 4 distinct tracts (AMP 101, 201, 202, and 301)

18. Flight Surgeon Flying Training
AMP 101: Orientation to Operational Flight Medicine
Goal is to include all medical officers in the Air Force
Up to 70 students per class/6 classes per year
MEB’s/Profiles/Wounded Warrior education
Intro to Aeromedical topics
½ day of Ground School (physio, aerodynamics, etc)
1 flight in Cirrus SR22

19. Flight Surgeon Flying Training
AMP 201: Academic Portion of Flight Surgeon Trng
AMP 202: Flying Training
8-10 hours of flight time/6 flight profiles
Orientation Flight
Ground reference/feature recognition flight
Formation flight
Acrobatic flight (9 maneuvers/up to 5 G’s, Pitts S2B)
Low-level flight (Nav, Weapons delivery, CRM)
Night flight

20. Flight Surgeon Flying Training
AMP 301: Mission Ready Flight Surgeon
ATLS
NVG course
Medical Review Officer (MRO) course
Aircraft Mishap/Safety Course
RAM’s
20 hours towards soloing in Cessna/Piper

21. Flight Surgeon Flying Training

22. Flight Surgeon Flying Training

23. Flight Surgeon Flying Training

24. F-86 Sabre

25. 4F Career Field AVT equivalent Phased out in the late 90’s
4N’s would float through medical facility, including Aerospace Medicine
Loss of continuity and corporate knowledge in the unique aspects of Flight Medicine

26. 4F Career Field
Restarted Flight and Operational Medical Technician (FOMT) training in May of 2014
Separate career field
Training in MEB’s/Profiles
Waiver Management/Waiver Guide
Aeromedical Physiology
Flight-line response/Mishaps

27. C-17 Globemaster

28. New Electronic Waiver Management System
AIMWTS: Aeromedical Information Management and Waiver Tracking System
PEPP: Physical Examination Processing Program
New system will combine these two programs but not lose the functionality of either
Minimize multiple inputs of the same information
Should be visible by other services
Currently in the requirements building phase
AERO??

29. F-35

30. Joint Endeavors Joint Standards and Medical Qualifications
Joint Waiver Guide
Joint Aeromedical Planning (JAMPs) Working Group
Joint Aeromedical Forms and Publications
Joint Up-Slip

31. RAM-FM Combined Residency
Open to active duty non-residency trained FS’s with at least two years in flight medicine
MPH at Wright State University, Dayton OH
RAM at USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Family Medicine residency at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, community-based FP training program
Combined expertise in both operational and clinical medicine

32. A few more topics… Obesity/Overweight as a standard?
comorbidity and risk factor for many disqualifying conditions (OSA, DM, IFG)
operational risk

33. A few more topics… AFMS Human Performance Concept of Operations
Use flight medicine model for the delivery of medical care
Enroll entire units to one PCM, encourage shop visits, participate in Commander’s Calls, etc.
“ know the needs of the populations we serve, and understand their missions to better…support them.” Lt Gen Travis

34. Go Air Force! QUESTIONS?