MISSION
The 31st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) consists of 120 personnel who provide medical care and ensure medical readiness for 4,500 Active duty, ensuring deployment capabilities across 32 AORs & 4 Combatant Commands. OMRS cements Personnel Reliability Assurance Program (PRAP) for the Fighter Wing’s no fail surety mission and provides Mental Health (MH), preventive & physical medicine, respiratory protection & community health services for an 8,400 base population, liaising with 20 units, 6 GSUs, MAJCOM & the Defense Health Agency.
HISTORY
The 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron was constituted under the 31st Medical Group, Aviano Air Base Italy, on 1 Dec 1997 and activated on 15 Dec 1997. 15 September 2020 the squadron was redesignated as the 31st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron.
The squadron has had numerous awards and decorations to include:
- USAFE-AFAFRICA 2024 PRAP Team of the Year 2024
- Society of USAF Flight Surgeons USAFE Team of the Year 2023
- USAF Personnel Reliability Assurance Program Team of the Year 2022
- Kosovo Air Campaign (1999)
ORGANIZATION
The five flights within OMRS are: Human Performance, Bioenvironmental Engineering, Public Health, Flight & Operational Medicine and Mental Health. The unit consists of 120 personnel and falls under the 31st Medical Group.
EMBLEM
The emblem was approved in February of 1999. Blue and yellow are Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The bend nebuly reflects the close association the unit plays in maintaining the combat capabilities of its parent organization. The red cross, symbolic of the medical sciences, represents the unit's preventive medicine programs. The wyvern, taken from the parent unit's coat of arms, replaces the snake traditionally entwined around a staff of Aesculapius symbolically linking the medical mission of the squadron and the people they serve.