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  • Humanitarian assistance team completes evaluation

    After three days of simulations and exercises, the Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team, or HARRT, successfully completed its first operational utility evaluation here July 13-17. Combining the capabilities of the 36th Contingency Response Group, the 36th Medical Group, and other Air Force

  • Hawaii Guard gives Pacific Angel a lift

    More than 80 U.S. Air Force active duty, Air National Guard and reserve medical and engineering personnel are providing humanitarian assistance with local authorities in Indonesia and Timor Leste, all thanks to a "lift" by the Hawaii Air National Guard. A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew from the

  • All eyes on total force Pacific Angel team

    A total force team of U.S. military eye specialists is working together here to improve the eyesight of local East Timorese people as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2009. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces humanitarian assistance operation in the Asia-Pacific region led by 13th Air Force at

  • Aeromedical evacuation knowledge shared in Indonesia

    Indonesian and U.S. military members, along with local doctors, finished three days of training on aeromedical evacuation procedures here July 20 as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2009. The subject matter expert exchange is aimed at increasing joint aeromedical interoperability, according to Maj.

  • Team Hickam arrives at Rodeo 2009

    Air crew hustled to unload a 15th Airlift Wing C-17 as soon as Team Hickam put wheels on the ground at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., right on time July 18 for the 2009 Air Mobility Rodeo.Twenty-three total force team members from Hickam's active-duty and Air National Guard units are hoping to bring

  • Indonesian, U.S. team keeps water flowing for village

    Air Force civil engineers joined Indonesian military members and civilians to provide water to a rural Indonesian village here July 17. The Airmen, here as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2009, worked alongside Indonesian counterparts to install a water pump and more than 900 feet of water

  • Osan Departs for Red Flag-Alaska

    Airmen from Osan Air Base joined military members from across the world this week to participate in what is considered the most intense training opportunity available to combat flying units- Red Flag-Alaska 09-03, scheduled for July 23 - Aug. 7. This Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field

  • Kunsan Airmen save life of local Korean

    Three Kunsan Airmen from the 8th Operations Group provided first aid to a local Korean national July 12 in Gunsan City, Republic of Korea, after the local Korean's vehicle hydroplaned and struck a pole head-on. Master Sgt. Robert Parks and staff sergeants Donald Weber and Sandy Bates were headed