JTF-Bravo deploys disaster assistance teams to Panama, Costa Rica

AFSOUTH completes “overwhelmingly successful” Operation Southern Partner; Planning already underway for next OSP event

The first-ever 'Operation Southern Partner' ended Friday as a C-17 Globemaster III filled with Airmen from across the Air Force touched down at Davis Monthan at approximately 10 p.m. For the last two weeks, more than 70 Airmen representing more than 25 career fields exchanged information and ideas

Uruguayan paratroopers jump from Air Force C-17

More than 140 of Uruguay's solders, airmen and marines participated in a first for Uruguayan military members Nov. 4 when they jumped out of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III near here. The jump, part of Operation Southern Partner, was designed to demonstrate Airmen to airman relationships can

JTF-Bravo provides filtered water to flood affected community

Flooding, caused by a more than week long stretch of rainfall has made life difficult for communities surrounding here, but servicemembers stationed at Joint Task Force-Bravo are determined help with one of life's most basic needs - water. Servicemembers here are currently involved in a 10-day water

U.S. Defense Institute for Medical Operations share techniques with our partners in Uruguay

Uruguayan military medics and Defense Institute for Medical Operation Team members participating in Operation Southern Partner shared vast knowledge in a mutually beneficial information exchange Nov 3. Operation Southern Partner, into its second week, is an all-new, in-depth subject matter exchange

AFSOUTH Airmen return to friends at ALDEAS SOS orphanage in Santiago -- Airmen a hit during visit, peanut butter….not so much

While the primary mission of Operation Southern Partner is to exchange career specific knowledge with partner nation Air Forces, members of Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) are always sure to build time into their visits to Central, South America and the Caribbean to visit with members of the

Forces combine to share disaster response techniques

Military medics from Argentina, Uruguay and the United States came together to share medical disaster response techniques in November here. The information exchange was part of Operation Southern Partner, an in-depth subject matter exchange emphasizing partnership, cooperation and sharing of

Quilpue orphanage proves food, love are universal

Twenty one Airmen from around the Air Force joined the Chilean Air Force and Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) staff for a holiday visit to the ALDEAS SOS orphanage in Quilpue, Chile Oct. 31st. A Chilean national holiday was a down day from ongoing Operation Southern Partner subject matter

Airmen spend day with Chilean children

Airmen in Chile as part of an exchange with Latin American air forces spent Oct. 30 to brighten the outlook for neglected Chilean children in a suburb of Santiago. Fourteen Airmen and one Army National Guard member drove to a home for abused or neglected children where the servicemembers gave the

Airmen complete first HALO drop of Operation Southern Partner

Ten thousand feet over the driest desert on earth, an Air Force C-17 opened its doors and emptied the majority of its passengers into the vast, arid wilderness. The unlikely location proved the perfect landing zone for the multi-national team of rescue jumpers as the region is unobstructed, clear