How to Use flight surgeon in a Sentence

flight surgeon

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  • Brown was a Captain in the US Navy and a flight surgeon.
    — CNN, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Hal Kushner joined the Army and served as a flight surgeon in Vietnam.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
  • And if medical care was required, the flight surgeon would need to jump in the water as well.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 July 2019
  • Delaune, a former Air Force flight surgeon, honed his skills with tours of duty in Germany and Iraq.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • Schulz is running with Jeff Woolford, an Air Force veteran who served as a fighter pilot and flight surgeon.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
  • In 2013, flight surgeon Raffi Kuyumjian said that someone who has been to space for an extended period of time would need about three weeks off from driving.
    — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
  • His voice conveyed unshakable confidence, though a flight surgeon during one liftoff measured his pulse at 135 beats a minute.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 22 July 2019
  • She is being replaced by Serena Auñón-Chancellor, a Caucasian flight surgeon who's been with the agency since 2006.
    — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The doctor and former NASA flight surgeon, making his third trip to space, said this research could one day answer bigger questions about human existence.
    — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The Navy officer who was injured by a spinning helicopter blade at Camp Pendleton and later died was identified Sunday as a 32-year-old flight surgeon, officials said.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, latimes.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • 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.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • While women have served on the Blue Angels squadron in other roles — including this year's flight surgeon, public affairs officer and maintenance officer — this will be the first time a woman will fly a Blue Angels jet.
    — Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • The current team already includes three women — a public affairs officer, a flight surgeon and an events coordinator.
    — Courtney Kube, NBC News, 18 July 2022
  • When the Coast Guard received the first radio call at 12:51 a.m., a duty flight surgeon recommended medical evacuation by helicopter.
    — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Assigned to teach flight surgeons how to interpret electrocardiograms, Dr. Moss read up on the subject and embraced cardiology.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • But low-bandwidth television routed through Moscow later showed the crew relaxing comfortably in lounge chairs near the descent module, smiling and chatting with support crews while flight surgeons carried out brief medical checks.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2020

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