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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flight surgeon¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The lawsuit, first filed on behalf of Army and Marine Corps staff sergeants, has since enlisted the support of an Army lieutenant colonel and flight surgeon to help argue their case.

From The Daily Beast

Privately funded by William Lovelace, a physician and flight surgeon in the Army Medical Corps Reserve, Women in Space was a sort of proof-of-concept idea.

From Time

With nothing flat to set down on, he touched one wheel to the ground, and the flight surgeon leaned out and grabbed a piece of the wreckage.

From Time

Burd took off with another pilot and a flight surgeon in one H-19 helicopter and headed north, accompanied by a second H-19 flown by 1st Lt.

From Time

Life experience: U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, OB/GYN in private practice.

From The Daily Beast

You were a flight surgeon for the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).

From The Daily Beast

He was another Special Ops flight surgeon and his sole responsibility was to cover the interrogation facility.

From The Daily Beast

In 1991, as a flight surgeon during the first Gulf War, she was taken prisoner when her helicopter was shot down in Iraq.

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