• 354th MDG holds hyperlite chamber training

    Lt. Col. Pablo Medina, 959th Medical Group medical director of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Program, recently conducted a three-day training course on the Hyperlite 1, the Flight Medicine Clinic’s portable decompression sickness chamber, at the 354th Medical Group. The Emergency Evacuation

  • PACAF SG conducts health service support for ACE exercise in Alaska

    A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter flies over the Yukon Training Area during a Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA) Sept. 14, 2021. The CBA is a Northern Edge follow-on phase III Agile Combat Employment exercise aimed at improving PACAF’s medical support capabilities throughout the Pacific

  • Air Force Surgeon General visits Eielson

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Evan Hoff, a 355th Fighter Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) craftsman, talks to Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps Chief, about F-35 flight equipment during a

  • 354th MDG activates OMRS and HCOS, improves readiness

    As of Sept. 1, the former medical operations and medical support squadrons changed to the 354th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) and the 354th Healthcare Operations Squadron (HCOS) to improve Eielson’s overall readiness.

  • Eielson Airmen take action against COVID-19

    A 354th Security Forces Squadron Airman scans a common access card on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 20, 2020. Installation personnel and visitors must present their I.D. to defenders at the main gate for verification. The change is one of many precautionary measures implemented base-wide to

  • Dental flight educates kids for National Children's Dental Health month

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Anthony Ewell-Kollmann, a 354th Medical Group Dental Flight general dentist, and Staff Sgt. Kaleb Hatfield, a 354th MDG Dental Flight dental assistant, lead a dental flossing activity with a jump rope at Crawford Elementary School at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Feb. 13,

  • Supporting the mission one medical supply at a time

    While walking through the 354th Medical Group, past flight medicine, the dental clinic and the pharmacy, deep in the shadowy halls is a hidden gem – the medical materials flight.These Airmen work tirelessly behind-the-scenes to ensure the Icemen Team and their families have the best equipment and

  • Sticking up for National Blood Donation Month

    January is National Blood Donation Month and Eielson Airmen are taking a step to help save lives with a two-day blood drive hosted by the 354th Medical Group.“Donating blood is something which takes minimal effort but will save the lives of many,” said 1st Lt. Christina Blitch, a 354th MDG practice