During Operation Pacific Angel 2009, an East Timorese man smiles as he notices an improvement in his vision thanks to new glasses provided by Capt. Joni Scott-Weideman (center) and Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Cremmins (right) at a clinic in Dili, Timor Leste, July 20, 2009. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces humanitarian assistance operation in the Asia-Pacific region led by 13th Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
During Operation Pacific Angel 2009, civil engineers from the Guam Air National Guard's 254th RED HORSE Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the Royal New Zealand Army Engineers work together July 17, 2009 to construct a new sidewalk at the Timor Leste National Hospital. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces humanitarian assistance operation in the Asia-Pacific region led by 13th Air Force at Hickam AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
During Operation Pacific Angel 2009, local residents form a line prior to the opening of a clinic in Naioni, Indonesia, July 17, 2009. The clinic saw 329 patients during the first day. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces humanitarian assistance operation led by 13th Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Russell Dodson)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res

Pacific Angel 2010 set to begin

Published Jan. 28, 2010
By Capt. Genieve David
13th Air Force Public Affairs

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- The United States will join local authorities in four South Asian and Pacific nations from February through August to provide medical, dental and engineering assistance as part of Operation Pacific Angel 2010.

In continuation of U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after the devastating storms of 2009, approximately 50 U.S. Air Force members will fly on a C-17 Globemaster III to the Philippines to join local non-governmental organizations and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in civic-assistance efforts Feb. 15-22.

Three more iterations of Pacific Angel 2010 are planned, including missions to Vietnam in May, Bangladesh in June, and Sri Lanka in August.

Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance operation conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility to support U.S. Pacific Command's capacity-building efforts. This humanitarian and civic assistance program is aimed at improving military-civilian cooperation between the United States and the respective host nations.

The operation consists of several military assistance programs to include medical, dental, and engineering efforts. Pacific Angel also trains civil-military operators to work together with a focus on civic assistance.