What military and civilian training programs are available for Aerospace Medicine?
Army, Air Force, and Navy physicians can go thru the basic flight surgeon course of their respective service and become flight surgeons for operational units. Those interested in furthering their education and careers in Aerospace Medicine can go on to be residency trained in Aerospace Medicine. The Navy and Army have a combined training program at the Naval Operational Medicine Institute at NAS Pensacola, FL, which is also the site of the Navy’s flight surgeons course. The Army’s primary flight surgeons course is at Ft Rucker, AL. The Air Force residency program and primary flight surgeons course is at the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB, TX.
