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  • Medical team restores sight for Honduras' needy

    A team specializing in eye surgery is currently supporting Southern Command engagement strategies and conducting a Medical Readiness Education and Training Exercise at Hospital del Sur, Choluteca, Honduras. The 18-person Western Regional Medical Command Humanitarian Civic Assistance Eye Surgical

  • Team set to improve Latin American airspace management

    The U.S. Southern Command officials could begin conducting site selection surveys as early as next month for a regional coordination center that would help synchronize airspace management among Latin American nations. Airspace management includes both civil air traffic control services and military

  • 12th AF & AFSOUTH: Doing Something Amazing

    In Air Force recruiting advertisements, future Airmen are encouraged to join our ranks and "Do Something Amazing." The message to all Americans is that a career in the Air Force promises a life of extraordinary challenges and outstanding career choices. I couldn't agree more. Every day, 12th Air

  • 12th Air Force breaks service record, challenges 355th FW

    The pressure was on Saturday as 12th Air Force Headquarters Airmen hustled to meet a 12 p.m. deadline. The challenge: show what 45 Airmen working together can do to help more than 10,000 Tucson residents in need...in just 3 short hours. The team, who enlisted the help of their commander, vice

  • Airmen from the FOL Manta spread holiday cheer

    Members of the Forward Operating Location Manta, Ecuador kicked off the holidays by spreading a little cheer to children throughout the local community here. Airmen, local contractors from ITT Corporation, and Manta FOL Firefighters handed out more than 4500 toys to children at 20 different

  • AFSOUTH delivers cookies, holiday cheer to forward operating locations

    Twelfth Air Force and Air Forces Southern's leadership were here Dec. 13 on a week-long visit to bring holiday cheers to more than 850 U.S. Airmen deployed to Central, South America and the Caribbean. The annual event, dubbed the "Cookie Caper," allows the command's leadership to visit Airmen and

  • USSOUTHCOM Deputy commander brings holiday cheer to Ecuadorian schools

    U.S. Southern Command's deputy commander, Lt. Gen. Glenn Spears, visited two schools in Manta, Ecuador Dec. 10, presenting both with certificates pledging thousands of dollars to fund renovation projects and provide school supplies. Spears was accompanied by a group of personnel from USSOUTHCOM

  • Limited-edition painting donated to Doolittle CAOC

    A limited edition painting capturing the courageous actions of the famed "Doolittle Raiders" during the 1942 raid on Japan was donated to the General James H. Doolittle Combined Air and Space Operations Center here Monday. The painting, created by world-renowned aviation artist Williams S. Phillips,

  • U.S. Ambassador celebrates Thanksgiving at the FOL

    The U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador visited Airmen of the 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron here Nov. 19 to help celebrate Thanksgiving. Ambassador Linda Jewell traveled from Quito to Manta to attend a Thanksgiving lunch with members of the FOL, as well as with directors of local community

  • President of Colombia honors military efforts to combat narcoterrorism

    Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, Commander 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern accepted the "Air Force Cross for Aeronautical Merit -- Grand Cross Category" medal on behalf of the men and women of 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern Nov. 14 in Bogota, Colombia. Presented by Colombian President Alvaro