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  • Airmen complete humanitarian mission in Chile

    Members of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team completed a humanitarian mission to build an expeditionary hospital and augment medical care for members of the Angol community here March 26. A team of Airmen built, staffed and equipped a field hospital to serve more than 110,000 people

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Airmen, Chilean soldiers build tents to expand mobile hospital

    Airmen assigned to an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team along with members of the Chilean army built additional shelters and tents to expand the expeditionary hospital here March 23.Initially, Airmen built a hospital with a 10-bed capacity and one operating room. After assessing the

  • U.S. officials donate hospital to Chilean community

    U.S. government officials donated an expeditionary hospital to local Chilean officials in a ceremony here March 24.Paul Simons, the U.S. Ambassador to Chile, presented Enrique Neira, the mayor of Angol, with a certificate representing the transfer of the hospital to the local community of Angol. The

  • Chilean, Air Force medics share knowledge, experience

    Air Force and Chilean medics are transitioning duties while sharing knowledge at the expeditionary hospital here March 22.Since the hospital opened March 13, Chilean and Air Force medics worked side-by-side to treat more than 130 patients and perform 16 surgeries. For many of the Airmen here,

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Testing the water in Chile

    Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team here are augmenting medical care for members of the Angol community March 18. The EMEDS team here is equipped and staffed to provide surgical, primary care, pediatric, radiological, gynecological, laboratory and pharmaceutical services.For

  • Translators: Providing a common language for a common goal

    There is an obvious barrier at the expeditionary hospital here. It's evident in the patient wards between Air Force doctors and their patients, in the operating rooms between Chilean and Air Force surgeons and even in meetings between local Angol officials and Air Force leaders. The barrier is

  • AFSOUTH planners put ‘boots on ground’ for Chile Earthquake relief

    Planners from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) immediately went into action to plan missions and deploy Airmen to conduct relief operations in Chile after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Feb. 27.The earthquake rendered existing medical facilities in the area unsafe or

  • Twelfth Air Force announces 2010 Outstanding Performers of the Year

    Commanders and command chiefs from across 12th Air Force accompanied their respective wing-level nominees to Tucson, Ariz., for the Outstanding Performers of the Year recognition Mar. 9.Nearly 90 Airmen and civilian nominees were treated to two days of VIP treatment - recognition for the

  • 12th Air Force leaders gather for Total Force Commanders Conference

    Wing leaders from active-duty, guard, and reserve components of 12th Air Force met for a two-day Total Force Commanders Conference here Mar. 10-11 to discuss a variety of topics, share information, and plan for the future.More than 40 commanders and command chiefs participated in the annual