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flight surgeon

noun

  1. a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.


flight surgeon

noun

  1. a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine in the US and certain other air forces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flight surgeon1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Rubio, the son of Salvadoran parents who was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Miami, is a board-certified family physician and flight surgeon, a onetime U.S.

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We assist in all medicine readiness items or anything the flight surgeon needs — helping do sutures or just doing paperwork to make sure the pilots are still eligible to fly the aircraft.

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Kermit Jones, the Democrat, is a former Navy flight surgeon who campaigned on a federal fire insurance plan in a region that has been devastated by wildfires made worse by climate change.

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A former Navy flight surgeon twice deployed to Iraq, Jones was stationed at Camp Pendleton and came north to summit Mt.

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After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he joined the Navy and served as a flight surgeon for a Marine helicopter squadron in Iraq.

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