Photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Hayden | 406th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.06.2025
U.S. Air Force Col. Val Maldonado, deputy commander of the 406th Air Expeditionary Wing, speaks with Airmen assigned to the vehicle maintenance section at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 7, 2025. The stop was part of Maldonado’s first multi-base tour of East Africa since assuming his role, providing an opportunity to engage with personnel and observe key support operations firsthand. (U.S.......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
Maj. Jeffrey Leversedge, U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) director, takes notes during a validation exercise at the Reintegration Facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. Camp Lemonnier is home to the only Phase 1 Reintegration Facility in Africa. After a recovery, rescued personnel are debriefed during the reintegration process to provide time sensitive......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialists conduct a debriefing for a simulated recovered pilot during a validation exercise at the Reintegration Facility at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. Accompanied by a SERE psychologist for mental and emotional support, the recovered person is debriefed during the reintegration......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
Lt. Lucy Sho, Camp Lemonnier Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) flight surgeon, and Lt. j.g. Katelyn Morton, EMF nurse, treats injuries of Capt. Hans Kollar, 449th Air Expeditionary Group chief of safety during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. EMF members provided higher-level medical care to Kollar who......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
A U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks out of a window of a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The KC-130J flight simulated the ability of PRCC assets to transfer......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airmen with 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron fly with a simulated recovered pilot on a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The flight simulated the ability of PRCC assets to transfer......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Renato Garafalo, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), looks through a window on a KC-130J Super Hercules during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. VMGR-352 tested the ability of PRCC assets to transfer recovered personnel overseas to higher......
Photo by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.31.2021
U.S. Marine loadmasters sit on a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), KC-130J Super Hercules, during a U.S. Personnel Recovery Coordination Center (PRCC) validation exercise over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 31, 2021. The PRCC, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts personnel recovery and casualty evacuation for U.S. and joint......
