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  • Air Forces Southern commits to 'summer of engagement'

    Active-duty, Guard, and Reserve Airmen from across the Air Force are set to begin a host of missions with the Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) team in Central, South America and the Caribbean during the summer months of 2009. The surge in theatre security cooperation missions in the U.S.

  • AFSOUTH set to begin Operation Southern Partner in Caribbean

    More than 60 Airmen from across the Air Force are preparing to board a C-130J Hercules on Saturday, 30 May to participate in the second iteration of "Operation Southern Partner" in seven Caribbean and Latin American nations. The Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern)-led event is aimed at providing

  • AFSOUTH gearing up for New Horizons Guyana

    Nearly 650 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen are preparing to take part in New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise starting July 1 designed to strengthen ties with partner nations in Central and South America through combined quality-of-life improvement projects.

  • 612th AOC trains SERE specialists in C2 of personnel recovery

    Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape experts from the 612th Air Operations Center here hosted a Personnel Recovery (PR) command and control course for 7-level upgrade training of SERE specialists from around the Air Force. Master Sgt. Jesse Arnold of the Air Forces Southern Personnel Recovery

  • Physical therapists provide relief, support for patients

    Patients suffering from a variety of conditions and injuries are receiving care and relief from a team of physical therapists currently assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). "Most of our patients are here for neuromuscular-skeletal problems that could have arisen from previous injuries

  • AFSOUTH team receives honors from Air Forces in Peru, Chile

    During the final weeks of April, the Air Forces Southern team was honored with a pair of decorations noting the fraternity and commitment between AFSOUTH Airmen and their counterparts in Latin America. Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, accepted the awards

  • AFSOUTH sponsors safety symposium in Dominican Republic

    In an effort to promote higher standards of safety in the western hemisphere, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) sponsored a second annual Safety Symposium April 28-30 in the Dominican Republic. Sixteen countries from across the Americas attended the symposium, 14 of which offered presentations on

  • Air Reserves provide medical care to Dominican Republic

    For most Americans familiar with the Dominican Republic, the mention of the country's name conjures up images of sandy white beaches, crystal blue waters, lush rolling mountains and destinations such as the capital city of Santo Domingo or the tourist destination of Punta Cana. However, there is

  • Arizona medics go "Beyond the Horizon" to help Jamaican people

    They arrived before the crack of dawn, some camped nearby waiting to be the first in line when the doors opened, but they weren't waiting for concert tickets or a 'Black Friday' sale; they were waiting for much-needed health care. More than 3,700 Jamaicans were given free medical, eye and dental