| 词条 | RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine |
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| unit_name = RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine | native_name = | image = | image_size = | alt = Unit badge | caption =Unit badge | dates = {{start date|1998|12|1|df=y}} – present | disbanded = | country = {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom | countries = | allegiance = | branch = Royal Air Force | type = | role = Defence medicine/scientific centre | size = | command_structure = Royal Air Force Medical Services | garrison = *RAF Henlow (Headquarters)
| garrison_label = Home station | nickname = | patron = | motto = Ut secure volent ({{Language with name/for|2=Latin|3=That they may fly free from care}})[1] | colors = | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | equipment = BAE Systems Hawk T1 | equipment_label = Aircraft | battles = | decorations = | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | flying_hours = | website = | current_commander = | commander1 = | commander1_label = | commander2 = | commander2_label = | commander3 = | commander3_label = | commander4 = | commander4_label = | commander5 = | commander5_label = | commander6 = | commander6_label = | commander7 = | commander7_label = | commander8 = | commander8_label = | commander9 = | commander9_label = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = | identification_symbol_4 = | identification_symbol_4_label = | identification_symbol_5 = | identification_symbol_5_label = }} The RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine (RAF CAM) is a medical organisation run by the Royal Air Force and based at RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire. It is the main organisation conducting aviation medicine research in the UK. HistoryFormationThe centre was formed on 1 December 1998 as a result of the merger of the School of Aviation Medicine based at Farnborough in Hampshire and the Aviation Medicine Training Centre based at RAF North Luffenham in Rutland. The centre's predecessor was the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (RAF IAM), which closed in 1994. ExpansionThe RAF Medical Board and RAF Institute of Health moved from RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire to the centre on 1 June 2000, becoming the Occupation and Environmental Medicine Wing. It was formerly part of RAF Personnel and Training Command, becoming part of RAF Air Command in 2007. FunctionThe centre researches the medical effects of flying, such as hypoxia and the effects of G-force. Flying fast-jet aircraft puts the cardiovascular physiology of the human body under extreme physical stress. Without intervention, exposure to high G force would cause a pilot to lose consciousness through lack of blood to the brain, otherwise known as G-induced loss of consciousness or G-LOC. Eurofighter Typhoon pilots regularly experience 9G. Other dangers include rapid uncontrolled decompression from failure of cabin pressurisation, and the centre has four hypobaric chambers. Airlines that do not have their own aviation medicine research establishments (e.g. British Airways) have contracted out work to the RAF's Centre.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} Academic supportKing's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's Hospital has run a MSc programme in aviation medicine, which involves the RAF's Centre, specifically the practical experience of G-forces, decompression, whole-body vibration, and vestibular (balance sensory system) and visual disorientation.[2]Training coursesThe centre provides training for aircrew from the RAF and other organisations (via International Defence Training or Horizon Training) in subjects such as using night vision goggles [3] and dealing with hypoxia.[4] FacilitiesThe centre's Aviation Medicine operates two BAE Systems Hawk T1 aircraft used for trials, which are operate from MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. The aircraft were also used by the previous organisation. The new RAF High G Training and Test Facility at RAF College Cranwell was opened on 4 February 2019 and is used to provide G-force simulation. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L.G.|title=A dictionary of mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=244|edition=1}} 2. ^Aviation Medicine MSc 3. ^Night vision goggles 4. ^International Defence Training courses External links
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