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  • PHOTO ESSAY: Pharmacist cares for Chilean patients

    Airmen from an Expeditionary Medical Support team here are augmenting medical care for members of the Angol community March 16. The EMEDS team here is equipped and staffed to provide surgical, primary care, pediatric, radiological, gynecological, laboratory and pharmaceutical services.For more

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Airmen prepare expeditionary hospital for patients

    Airmen from an Expeditionary Medical Support team along with members of the Chilean army are setting up an expeditionary hospital here March 14. The mobile hospital will be used by Air Force and Chilean medics to provide medical care for nearly 110,000 people in the region.For more photos, click

  • Airmen, Chileans treat patients at new expeditionary hospital

    Just five days after their arrival in Chile, Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team along with Chilean medics are treating patients at the newly built mobile hospital here March 15. This morning, Chilean surgeons and anesthesiologists worked side-by-side with their Air Force

  • Airmen expand local hospital to meet Chileans' medical needs

    At the request of local medical officials, Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team expanded the mobile hospital here March 12 to better meet the medical needs of the population surrounding Angol. During a meeting between Air Force EMEDS team leaders, local Chilean medical

  • U.S. Air Force launches missions to support Chile relief

    Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs are supporting relief operations in Chile following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the South American nation Feb. 27, according to AMC officials.In an announcement hours after the quake, U.S. President Barack Obama offered condolences to the Chilean

  • Airmen build hospital in Chile

    Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team along with members of the Chilean army are building a mobile hospital here March 10 through 12 to help augment medical services for nearly 110,000 Chileans in the region. About 60 medical Airmen will work alongside local Chilean medics to

  • VIDEO: Air Force medics deploy to support Chilean medical efforts

    An Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team composed of more than 80 Airmen deployed to Chile March 8 from Lackland Air Force Base to aid local medics in their response to victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake Feb. 27 in Chile.The Airmen from 13 different bases left Lackland Air Force Base

  • Despite 24/7 relief ops, Airmen find time to volunteer across Haiti

    Airmen from Air Forces Southern and Air National Guard units from Kansas, Tennessee and Connecticut are working around the clock to bring much-needed food, water, aid supplies and sustainment to military forces in Haiti while extending their duty day to reach out to the local community. In addition

  • Haiti airport transitions, commercial flights begin

    American Airlines flight 377 landed at 9:21 a.m. at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport here Feb. 19, marking the return of commercial air service to the nation following the Jan. 12 earthquake that destroyed ports of entry into the country."The transition to normalized operations is a huge