Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Daniel O. Wyman is Command Surgeon, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. He organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready medical forces for rapid deployment and employment. He is responsible to the ACC Commander for the health of 79,000 active-duty and civilian personnel located at 13 bases and more than 300 operating locations worldwide through medical contingency operations; a comprehensive, community-based health care system; and human-in-the-weapon system expertise. As the Combat Air Forces medical lead agent, ACC develops medical strategy, doctrine, concepts, tactics and procedures for medical air power employment. The Office of the Command Surgeon is also the Air Force's medical global force provider supporting U.S. Joint Forces Command with wartime taskings and worldwide crisis response. General Wyman also serves as the Air Force Surgeon General's Medical Corps Chief. He represents more than 3,300 Air Force physicians both internally, overseeing the recruitment, accession, training and education, and externally, contributing to diverse military and medical forums, and serves as the Air Force Surgeon General's consultant on Medical Corps matters.
General Wyman entered the Air Force in May 1981 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He completed residencies in family practice, aerospace medicine and occupational medicine, and holds a master's degree in public health. He is a chief flight surgeon with more than 850 flying hours in the F-16, F-15, C-130 (multiple variations), UH-1 and numerous other aircraft. He has previously commanded an aerospace medicine squadron and three medical groups. The general was the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, and the 13th Air Force surgeon, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Commander, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss., where he was responsible for the direct delivery of health care to more than 27,000 enrolled patients among almost 47,000 eligible within Keesler Medical Center's catchment area.
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1985 Medical Doctorate, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno
1988 Residency in family practice, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, Calif.
1994 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar
1995 Master of Arts degree in public health, University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio
1996 Air War College, by seminar
1997 Residency in aerospace medicine and occupational medicine, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas
2001 Military Health Service Capstone, Washington, D.C.
2003 Executives Course, Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care, Washington, D.C.
2006 USAF Senior Leadership Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2009 Capstone General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1985 - July 1988, resident and chief resident, family practice residency, David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, Calif.
2. July 1988 - July 1991, family practice physician, and Chief, Family Practice, 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base Clinic, Germany (January 1991 - March 1991, flight surgeon, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing Hospital, Torrejon Air Base, Spain, in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm)
3. July 1991 - July 1994, squadron medical element flight surgeon, 63rd Fighter Squadron; and officer-in-charge, flight medicine, 56th Fighter Wing Medical Group, MacDill AFB, Fla. (January 1992 - March 1992, Commander, Medical Detachment, 4409th Operations Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in support of Operation Southern Watch)
4. July 1994 - July 1997, resident in aerospace medicine, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas
5. July 1997 - May 2000, Commander, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan
6. June 2000 - June 2001, Commander, 8th Medical Group, Kunsan AB, South Korea
7. July 2001 - June 2002, Chief of Aerospace Medicine Division, Office of the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
8. June 2002 - August 2003, Commander, 325th Medical Group, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
9. August 2003 - June 2006, Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
10. June 2006 - June 2008, Command Surgeon, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, and 13th Air Force surgeon, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
11. June 2008 - May 2010, Commander, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss.
12. May 2010 - present, Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Chief flight surgeon
Flight hours: More than 850
Aircraft flown: F-16, F-15, C-130 (multiple variations), UH-1 and numerous others
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Aerospace Medical Association
Aerospace Medical Association Associate Fellows (Former President)
Society of U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeons (Former President)
American College of Physician Executives
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain April 28, 1985
Major April 28, 1991
Lieutenant Colonel May 30, 1996
Colonel May 31, 2000
Brigadier General June 2, 2009
(Current as of August 2014)