How to Use flight surgeon in a Sentence

flight surgeon

noun
  • The crew will be examined by a flight surgeon, then helped out of the capsule.
    — Brendan Byrne, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And if medical care was required, the flight surgeon would need to jump in the water as well.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 July 2019
  • Yui then asked if a flight surgeon was available and if flight controllers had a live camera view from inside the station.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • For his debut spaceflight, six months in space was enough for the former helicopter pilot and flight surgeon.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Hal Kushner joined the Army and served as a flight surgeon in Vietnam.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Immediately, to the flight surgeon’s alarm, the signal from the astronaut to the ground flickered out.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Delaune, a former Air Force flight surgeon, honed his skills with tours of duty in Germany and Iraq.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • 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
  • Schulz is running with Jeff Woolford, an Air Force veteran who served as a fighter pilot and flight surgeon.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 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
  • Crews on the space station have access to a flight surgeon at Mission Control to help manage medical care in the same way telehealth is used on Earth.
    — Arian Anderson, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2024
  • But by bringing the crew down right away, agency officials said, flight surgeons will be better able to diagnose the issue with facilities and expertise not available aboard the station.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • In one incident, the dog urinated on the carpet during a meeting and a flight surgeon left to get supplies to clean it up, according to Beever’s memo and the investigative report.
    — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • Controllers must undergo regular medical examinations and are required to report any changes to their health to their flight surgeon, the documents indicate.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
  • SpaceX support crews stationed near the landing site quickly reached the gently bobbing spacecraft and hauled it aboard a company recovery ship where flight surgeons were standing by to carry out initial medical checks.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • SpaceX support crews and NASA flight surgeons will be standing by aboard the company's Crew Dragon recovery ship.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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