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Optometry Clinic

Staff Sgt. Jason Whelchel, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron health care manager, checks the prescription on a patient’s glasses, June 2, 2015, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The optometry clinic offers services such as routine eye care and fittings and repair for glasses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield)

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Staff Sgt. Jason Whelchel, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron health care manager, performs an annual eye exam on U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Kerry O’Shea, June 2, 2015, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The optometry clinic offers services such as routine eye care and fittings and repair for glasses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield)

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Staff Sgt. Jason Whelchel, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron health care manager, uses a joystick to examine a patient’s eyes, June 2, 2015, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The optometry clinic offers services such as routine eye care and fittings and repair for glasses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield)

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Maj. Luanne Danes, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight manager, performs an annual eye exam on U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Kerry O’Shea, June 2, 2015, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The optometry clinic offers services such as routine eye care and fittings and repair for glasses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield)

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Maj. Luanne Danes, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight manager, performs an annual eye exam on U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Kerry O’Shea, June 2, 2015, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The optometry clinic offers services such as routine eye care and fittings and repair for glasses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Holly Mansfield)

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Optometry clinic keeps mission in sight

Published June 4, 2015
By Senior Airman Holly Mansfield
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight provides more than 640 patients from the 81st Training Wing, tenant units, retirees and dependents with services ranging from routine eye care to glasses repair and fittings each month. The eight personnel assigned to the flight provide high quality ocular and vision care to keep military personnel ready to support wartime and aerospace missions.