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Tag: U.S. Air Force flight nurses

February 2018 marks 75th anniversary of the first formal graduation of U.S. Air Force flight nurses
February 7, 2018 — Seventy-five years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, the School of Air Evacuation held its first formal flight nurse graduation. Organized at Bowman Field, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1942, the school trained flight surgeons, flight nurses and flight technicians to care for patients during aeromedical transport. ... MORE

Members of the U.S. Army Flight Nurse Corps in 1943, displaying the various types of Army Nurse Corps uniforms. From left to right, 2nd Lt. Wilma Vinsant, in regulation blue winter uniform, Army Nurse Corps; 2nd Lt. Edith M. Roe; 2nd Lt. Ethel Guffey; 2nd Lt. Jane Orme, winter flying suit and 2nd Lt. Adela Besse, the gray flying suit with slacks.