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Feb. 27, 2024

 LAMAT24: Second year U.S. partnership with St. Lucia 

                    CASTRIES, St. Lucia —                                                The U.S. Air Force Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team deployed ready-medics, for the second year, to work alongside St. Lucia’s health teams to achieve mutual benefits and build trust in the region from Feb. 26 to March 10, 2024.            

Sept. 29, 2023

 U.S. and Colombia Soar Together: Ángel de los Andes and Relámpago VII Bolster Interoperability 

                    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.  —                                                The U.S. military recently teamed up with the Colombian Aerospace Force to showcase bilateral cooperation and a commitment to enhancing military readiness in the Ángel de los Andes and Relámpago VIII exercises, hosted in Colombia in August and September 2023. Teams from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Space Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines trained alongside their Colombian counterparts to reinforce the thriving partnership between the two nations.            

Aug. 24, 2023

 Jamaican-born Airman reconnects with her roots 

                    KINGSTON, Jamaica —                                                A recent medical training mission became an opportunity for one U. S. Airman to give back to the country of her birth.Senior Airman Oshin Mullings, a physical therapy technician with the 633rd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., recently traveled to Jamaica as part of an Embedded Health Engagement Team, or EHET,            

March 6, 2023

 Women Leaders Discuss Benefits of Military Service 

                                In celebration of Women's History Month, military leaders discussed the importance of recruiting and retaining the best and most competent personnel in the military.             

Feb. 22, 2023

 U.S. Air Force Takes Part in Disaster Response Exercise with Caribbean Partners 

                                More than 300 U.S. Airmen will deploy as the 23rd Air Expeditionary Wing to Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic to participate in the Air Forces Southern Command’s exercise Forward Tiger, February 2023.            

Aug. 30, 2022

 New York Guard Trains With Brazilian Military  

                                One hundred New York National Guard airmen, including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing, are participating in exercises with their Brazilian air force counterparts.            

July 20, 2022

 Resolute Sentinel medical personnel support ultrasound capabilities in rural Honduras 

                    CHOLUTECA, Honduras  —                                                Members of the 774th Expeditionary Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, under the command of the 474th Air Expeditionary Group, conducted an evidence-based knowledge exchange with local healthcare providers on the installation and use of a diagnostic ultrasound system in Orocuina, Honduras, June 29 as part of exercise Resolute Sentinel 22 (RS22).            

July 8, 2022

 Western Hemisphere air forces prepare for PANAMAX 2022 

                    PANAMA CITY —                                                Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) personnel participated in a Planning in Crisis (PIC) conference June 22-30, in Panama City, Panama, in which air component planners from 10 Caribbean and Latin American countries coordinated air force operations for the upcoming PANAMAX 2022 exercise.            

Dec. 14, 2021

 Guardsmen, partner nations attend first Air Force all-Spanish international SNCO course 

                    ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS)  —                                                Two Air National Guardsmen participated in the first International Senior Noncommissioned Officer Course held all in Spanish by the Inter-American Air Force Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 4-Dec. 8.            

July 9, 2021

 474th EOSS Airmen complete MAAS install at CACOM 5 

                    RIONEGRO, Colombia —                                                Airmen assigned to the 474th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron completed an install and certification of a mobile aircraft arresting system prior to the commencement of Exercise Relampago VI on a shared runway with CACOM 5 and Jose Maria Cordova International Airport, July 9. The first ever MAAS install and certification at CACOM 5 is critical to maintaining mission readiness for ensuring safe fighter aircraft diverts to a runway.            

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