Story by Tech. Sgt. Brittany Chase and Tech. Sgt. Carly Feliciano | Air Forces Southern | 07.17.2024
FILADELFIA, Paraguay– Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) has launched AMISTAD 24, its first medical assistance mission in Filadelfia, Paraguay, July 16. Thirty-two Total Force U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Army Massachusetts National Guard soldiers journeyed to Filadelfia to support this year's AMISTAD mission. AMISTAD, Spanish for friendship, is the core of their objective: to......
Story by 1st Lt. Alejandra Fontalvo | Air Force Special Tactics | 09.10.2021
"United to save lives” or “Unidos para salvar vidas”… is the powerful motto behind exercise Ángel de los Andes Cooperación VII, a Colombian-led search and rescue disaster relief exercise bringing together over 740 participants from across the Americas from Aug. 30-Sept. 10, 2021 in Rionegro, Colombia....
Story by Capt. Stephen Hudson | 169th Fighter Wing | 07.16.2017
The South Carolina Air National Guard wrapped up a full week in Rionegro supporting its State Partner during the Colombian air force’s Feria Aeronautica Internacional – Colombia, July 13-16....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar | Air Forces Southern | 04.01.2016
During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation System, a medical transportation system capable of moving highly contagious individuals around......
Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Grant | Air Forces Southern | 01.15.2015
Recently, two members of the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions branch went on a seven day temporary duty assignment in Miami, Florida, to gain insight on commercial maintenance best practices on the PT6A turboprop engine platform in order to assist with future familiarization training for South American partners utilizing this engine....
Story by Capt. Holly Hess | Air Forces Southern | 05.02.2013
Isai Carrillo, a 4-year-old Belizean boy, underwent surgery May 2 to correct syndactyly, otherwise known as hand fusion, in his righthand....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley | Air Forces Southern | 04.29.2013
U.S. military medical personnel partnered with the Western Regional hospital here to conduct an ear, nose and throat surgery medical readiness training exercise from April 18 through April 30....
