U.S. servicemembers partner with Costa Rica to provide airlift, medical care

More than 20 servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed Sept. 23 to provide airlift and partner with Costa Rica health officials for a medical readiness exercise Sept. 25-27 in two remote villages. During the three-day MEDRETE, medical professionals from the United States and Costa Rica

612th Information Operations Team honored with ACC Outstanding Information Operations Unit Award

The 612th Information Operations Team was honored Friday as recipients of the 2007 ACC Outstanding Information Operations Unit Award. The award recognizes the team's information operations and strategic communications contributions to Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern)'s initiatives in Central,

Airmen, local leaders distribute items to Ecuadorian community

     Airmen and contracted employees here joined neighborhood leaders at a distribution event for citizens in nine Manta neighborhoods to receive approximately 3,000 clothes, shoes and toys August 22.      Various people donated the items over time and delivered them to the FOL, where they were

U.S. servicemembers, Panamanian ground forces save aircrafts, costly equipment from fire

U.S. servicemembers participating in a multinational exercise here Monday, aided Panamanian ground forces in saving civilian and military aircraft from destruction after a fire engulfed an aircraft hangar at the military section of the Tocumen International Airport.The fire, with flames as high as

New Horizons leaves behind quality of life projects, goodwill with Peruvians

After three months of construction, medical missions and bonding with the people of Peru, U.S. servicemembers here completed their mission of providing humanitarian aid to the underprivileged. Since June 1, a rotating task force of 950 active duty, Reservists and Guardsmen from the Air Force,

New Horizons Guardsman brings speech therapy to Peruvian boy

For many guardsmen, deploying abroad and fulfilling their military service means briefly leaving their day-to-day job back at home. For 2nd Lt. Edna Falu Escalera, she has found a need for not only her military logistics skills, but also her civilian expertise here in Ayacucho, Peru. Lieutenant Falu

Curtis assumes FOL command

Predator passes 400,000 flight hours

The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system surpassed 400,000 flight hours during a mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 18. Members of the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, part of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., flew the milestone mission in

Airman advocates safer skies for civilian, military pilots

To make the skies safer for general aviation and U.S. military pilots, Air Force officials sent a safety expert here to the world's largest airshow, the Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh Air Venture airshow, to educate pilots on midair collision avoidance and on the need for flight safety

New Horizons brings medical care to 12,414 Peruvians

After three months of performing nine medical missions, New Horizons medical readiness training exercises have come to a close with a total of 12,414 Peruvians treated by Air Force and Navy medical reservists. From June 21 to Aug. 7, 86 service members provided free medical care to nine villages in