Center for Military Medicine Research Commercialization Manager, Jan Berkow, visiting the U.S. Air Force's 911th Airlift Wing in Pittsburgh, PA on Tuesday, November 14th. The purpose of the meeting orchestrated between the facility and Pittsburgh Technology Council was an introduction to resources at this Air Force Reserve Aeromedical facility and desire to work with the community. Examples of collaboration efforts orchestrated via their “SparkCell” innovation organization was mentioned. The group was greeted and briefed by the commander of the 911th Airlift Wing and then split into multiple groups to take a tour of the facility and learn more about the 911th's important work. Jan had an opportunity to discuss potential collaborative opportunities between the University of Pittsburgh and Medical Logistics group.
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette has a featured article about this visit and Jan Berkow was quoted in the piece by Evan Robinson-Johnson.
About the 911th Airlift Wing
The 911th Airlift Wing reports to 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, California. Wing daily activities are managed by civilian federal workers, including air reserve technicians. More than 90 percent of the 911th is made up of Air Force Reserve volunteers from Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The remaining 10 percent are volunteers from across the United States. Reservists train one weekend per month at a unit training assembly and perform 15 days of active duty for training each year. Aircrew members train more often to meet flight qualification standards. The wing flies airlift missions in support of Department of Defense assignments.
Visit the facility on social media:
Facebook: 911AirliftWIng
Instagram: 911th_Airlift_Wing
Photos from the visit
