The start of classes in the temporary location culminates years of planning, said Col. Donald Noah, deputy commander of the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
“Today, I regard as the day we get back to doing business,” Noah said.
He said the Fairborn Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Development Coalition and others have been supportive as the aerospace school prepares to welcome successive classes of trainees fresh from boot camp, plus more experienced personnel, for training and stays in the Dayton area that will range from as little as a few weeks to about three months.
Noah and other officers began arriving in the Dayton area in July as an advance vanguard for the aerospace school, which is relocating from Brooks City-Base in San Antonio, Texas. It is one of the key programs moving to Wright-Patterson under terms of the nation’s 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) decisions that designated the base as a center of excellence for aeromedical and sensors research programs relocating from Texas, New York state, Florida, Arizona and other locations. The incoming sensors program from Rome, N.Y., will complement the sensors program Wright-Patterson already has.
Air Force officials expect hundreds of aeromedicine students to cycle annually through Wright-Patterson for training. The school trains specialists in epidemiology, aeromedical evacuation and environmental monitoring and sampling.
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