World War II (American Theater) Anti-Submarine Warfare 1941-1945
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (17x) [1]
Commanders
Current commander
Maj. Gen (Dr.) Thomas W. Harrell
Military unit
The 59th Medical Wing (MDW) is the U.S. Air Force's largest medical wing and is the Air Force functional medical command for Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA). It comprises seven medical groups across San Antonio. Three are located at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC); the 959th Medical Group is located at San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), JBSA-Fort Sam Houston; the 59th Training Group - the wing's newest group, activated on 4 January 2016, is also located at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The 359th and 559th Medical Groups are located at and support the missions of JBSA-Randolph and JBSA-Lackland, respectively.[2]
The 59th MDW operates with a $271 million budget, and a staff of 8,000 military, civilian, and contract personnel. The 59th MDW is home to the Critical Care Air Transport Team Pilot Unit (CCATT), which has executive management over 118 active-duty, Guard and Reserve teams. The wing also has the Defense Department's largest Blood Donor Center, a Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center, and Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) capability. The ECLS offers the only global transport option in the world, providing partial heart-lung bypass to eligible adults, infants, and children suffering from severe cardiopulmonary failure. The medical wing also has the largest dental facility in the DOD and the only dental group in the Air Force. The 59th Dental Group examines approximately 36,000 basic military trainees and 28,000 technical training students a year. It has the only stereolithography and modeling lab in the Air Force, which produces dimensionally-accurate medical models and craniofacial prostheses. This capability provides rehabilitative support to patients with acquired or congenital defects of the head and neck region.[2]
^"59 Medical Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
The 59thMedicalWing (MDW) is the U.S. Air Force's largest medicalwing and is the Air Force functional medical command for Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)...
the Wilford Hall Medical Center was consolidated with the 59th Tactical Fighter Wing on 1 July 1993 and became the 59thMedicalWing. On 15 Sept. 2011...
inpatient services as those services are relocated from the 59thMedicalWing, Wilford Hall Medical Center (USAF). The Nuclear Medicine service is one of the...
Prior to that, DeGoes most recently served as the commander of the 59thMedicalWing. Wikimedia Commons has media related to John J. DeGoes. This article...
in Capitol Rotunda ceremony". DVIDS. Louisville, Kentucky: 123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 21 May 2022. "Major General Steven G. Edwards"...
Fort Hood 2012: Candace Robinson, wife of the Command Chief of the 59thMedicalWing, San Antonio 2012: Sara Boykin, Family Readiness Group Leader, for...
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was further developed at Wilford Hall Medical Center in 1991–1992, when Dr. Carlton served as the 59thMedicalWing commander and the AETC/SG and Dr. Farmer...
Base 17th Medical Group, Goodfellow Air Force Base 1st Medical Group, Hurlburt Field 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base 59thMedicalWing, Joint...
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of the Medical Education and Training Campus located at Fort Sam Houston, was replaced by the 59th Training Group, part of the 59thMedicalWing. Established...
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into World War II, the unit was transferred to the 59th Observation Group (now the 59thMedicalWing) as part of a larger reorganization of the U.S. Army...
Medical Group 1992–1995 and was State Air Surgeon, Delaware Air National Guard 1995–2011. He served as ANG Assistant to the Commander, 59thMedical Wing...
Armored Infantry Battalion (USMC) D Battery, 320th Field Artillery Regiment 59th Engineer Company (Sapper) 519th Military Police Battalion, Fort Meade, MD...
Kfir squadrons and was flying "ready" missions in the F-16 up until his 59th birthday. Epstein was a captain for El Al Airlines from 1977 to 1997. Epstein...
organizational structure in which the unit would be organized under the 59th Motorized Brigade (Ukraine). Company "Honor" (2022) (commander Serhii Filimonov)...
Medical Group is also located at the base and operates the second largest medical center in the Air Force. The Air Force Reserve Command's 403d Wing is...
south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of...
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