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    AMISTAD 2026

    Amistad 2026

    Amistad 2026    

    Amistad (Spanish for “friendship”) is a 12th Air Force, Air Forces Southern (AFSOUTH)-led campaign of health security cooperation engagements. These missions integrate U.S. military medical personnel with partner-nation providers to deliver care, exchange expertise, and operate in real-world conditions that directly support readiness and regional stability. International Health Specialist teams will support missions in Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.

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    Senior Airman Andrew Puckett spotlight at exercise Amistad 2026

    Senior Airman Andrew Puckett spotlight at...
    06.23.26 | MSG Whitney Hughes | NGB
    Senior Airman Andrew Puckett, a medic with the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Medical Group is one of more than 20 Guard members from six...
    B-Roll of Guard medical teams providing care in Paraguay

    B-Roll of Guard medical teams providing...
    06.23.26 | MSG Whitney Hughes | NGB
    B-Roll of National Guard members from six states are participating in exercise Amistad, a health security cooperation, in Capiata, Paraguay, June...
    Guard medical teams provide care in Paraguay

    Guard medical teams provide care in Paraguay
    06.22.26 | MSG Whitney Hughes | NGB
    National Guard members from six states are participating in exercise Amistad, a global health engagement, in Asunción, Paraguay, June 15-26. The...

    233 Featured Images

    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican clinic during Amistad 2026

    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican...
    08.06.26 | TSgt Rachel Maxwell | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Isaiah Higbee, laboratory technician, right, and Senior Airman Raquel Kos, medical technician, prepare cotton balls for...
    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican clinic during Amistad 2026

    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican...
    08.06.26 | TSgt Rachel Maxwell | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Raquel Kos, medical technician supporting Amistad 2026, collects a blood sample from a patient at Hospital Municipal...
    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican clinic during Amistad 2026

    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican...
    08.06.26 | TSgt Rachel Maxwell | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force medical laboratory technicians supporting Amistad 2026 work alongside a Dominican laboratory specialist to collect blood samples...
    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican clinic during Amistad 2026

    USAF lab team integrates with Dominican...
    08.06.26 | TSgt Rachel Maxwell | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Raquel Kos, medical technician, assists a Dominican laboratory specialist with collecting a blood sample from an...
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    14 Featured Stories

    Beyond language: Amistad expands Air...
    08.12.26 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    The 12-year-old patient knew what a seizure felt like. What the patient did not know was how to stop the fear that another one was coming. When the patient’s heart began racing and breathing became difficult, fear of another seizure intensified into a panic attack severe enough to prompt a visit to the emergency room at Hospital Regional Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King. The patient was referred to the hospital’s mental health team, where...

    Dominican-born Airman finds connection,...
    08.06.26 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    LA VEGA, Dominican Republic — Inside a small exam room at Hospital Regional Universitario Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Hector De Los Santos moves from patient to patient alongside another optometry technician, checking vision and preparing patients for examination. Outside the exam room, his connection to the hospital is just as apparent. Dominican staff stop to talk and joke with him, and bring him local food...
    AFSOUTH launches Amistad 2026 in Dominican Republic

    AFSOUTH launches Amistad 2026 in...
    08.04.26 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    LA VEGA, Dominican Republic — U.S. Air Force medical professionals and the Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Health (MOH) launched Amistad...

    Amistad 2026 closes in Paraguay,...
    06.26.26 | Andrea Jenkins | 12AF-AFSOUTH
    U.S. and Paraguayan leaders marked the conclusion of Amistad 2026 during a closing ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Asunción, celebrating two weeks of combined medical care, professional exchange and partnership that expanded access to specialty health services while strengthening the enduring relationship between the two nations.
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