ARMY AEROMEDICAL STUDY GUIDE
150 QUESTIONS 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ What is the role of CRC?
Answer: Combat Readiness Center; conducts accident investigations and
safety training
◉ What is USAARL?
Answer: U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory; conducts
research on the effects of exogenous aeromedical factors in the aviation
environment
◉ What is the Department of Aviation Medicine?
Answer: Conducts training on aeromedical subjects and trains health
care providers, conducts ARMS, and trains the SOF communities
◉ What are the qualifications to be a flight surgeon?
Answer: Physician, attends Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course,
Residency in Aerospace Medicine, and a rated crewmember
◉ What is an APA?
Answer: Aeromedical Physician Assistant
, ◉ What is an AMNP?
Answer: Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner
◉ What is the primary goal of the aviation medicine program?
Answer: preventative medicine
◉ What are the classes of flight physicals?
Answer: Class 1-4
◉ Who needs a Class 4 flight physical?
Answer: Air Traffic controllers, UAV operators, Contractors
◉ Who needs a class 3 flight physcial?
Answer: Non-rated crewmembers
◉ Who needs a class 2 flight physical?
Answer: rated aviators, flight surgeons, APAs, and AMNPs
◉ What does FDME stand for?
Answer: Flying duty medical examination
◉ What are the two types of FMDE?
150 QUESTIONS 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ What is the role of CRC?
Answer: Combat Readiness Center; conducts accident investigations and
safety training
◉ What is USAARL?
Answer: U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory; conducts
research on the effects of exogenous aeromedical factors in the aviation
environment
◉ What is the Department of Aviation Medicine?
Answer: Conducts training on aeromedical subjects and trains health
care providers, conducts ARMS, and trains the SOF communities
◉ What are the qualifications to be a flight surgeon?
Answer: Physician, attends Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course,
Residency in Aerospace Medicine, and a rated crewmember
◉ What is an APA?
Answer: Aeromedical Physician Assistant
, ◉ What is an AMNP?
Answer: Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner
◉ What is the primary goal of the aviation medicine program?
Answer: preventative medicine
◉ What are the classes of flight physicals?
Answer: Class 1-4
◉ Who needs a Class 4 flight physical?
Answer: Air Traffic controllers, UAV operators, Contractors
◉ Who needs a class 3 flight physcial?
Answer: Non-rated crewmembers
◉ Who needs a class 2 flight physical?
Answer: rated aviators, flight surgeons, APAs, and AMNPs
◉ What does FDME stand for?
Answer: Flying duty medical examination
◉ What are the two types of FMDE?
