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  • Capt. (Dr.) Jason Lee checks the functionality of an anesthesia machine in Esmereldas, Ecuador. Captain Lee is part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise team that is performing cleft lip and cleft palate surgery on children of the region. He is an anesthesiologist with the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. David Herndon)

    Medical team conducts mission in Ecuador

    A medical team is conducting the first Medical Readiness Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, held in Esmereldas, Ecuador, through July 28. The two surgeons, a nurse anesthetist, two medical technicians and an anesthesiologist are led by Maj. (Dr.) Matthew Talarczyk, 859th Surgical Operations Squadron plastic surgeon at Wilford Hall Medical Center. The

  • Manas C-17 crews help Americans depart Lebanon

    The C-17 Globemaster III detachment here recently had a name change and change of scenery. The 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron's detachment used to be Detachment 4, but due to a reorganization of the theater's airlift placement, is now Detachment 1. Det.1's primary mission is flying passengers and cargo into Operation Enduring Freedom's area
  • Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, thanks Airmen and the German government for their support at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on July 25. General Hobbins also hosted Ambassador William R. Timken, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Germany, who visited Ramstein on behalf of President George Bush, thanking the troops for their support with the current humanitarian efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela Malek)

    USAFE Airmen lauded for efforts in Lebanon operations

    As approximately 1,800 U.S. citizens passed through here via Air Force aircraft, the U.S. ambassador to Germany paid a visit to meet the transient Americans and to give thanks to the Airmen providing support. "My hats off first of all to General Hobbins and all the people who work with him, but also to every single Airman and person involved in the

  • C-130s assist humanitarian relief efforts in Cyprus

    Two C-130 Hercules crews assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing delivered more than 10 tons of food and other relief supplies during two missions this past week to support American citizens leaving Lebanon. Both missions were no-notice taskings delivered by U.S. Central Command Air Forces' Combined Air Operations Center. These missions were

  • U.S. military involvement ending in Lebanon departures

    The U.S. military today performed its final scheduled assisted departure for U.S. citizens in Lebanon, a U.S. military spokesman in Cyprus said.The military has worked with the U.S. State Department and the governments of Turkey and Cyprus for the past 10 days to assist U.S. citizens departing from Lebanon, which has suffered extensive damage in 15
  • Michelle Sirra takes a blood sample from 3-day-old Stuart Parker in preparation for transfer to an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation unit on Friday, July 21, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. An ECMO team comprised Air Force and Army medical specialists from the Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, flew to Puerto Rico to transport Stuart to San Antonio for more advanced care. Ms. Sirra is a respiratory therapist in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Hospital Auxilio Mutuo in San Juan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine)

    Medical team transports newborn from Puerto Rico

    Seth and Stephanie Parker held each other's hands and waited. As the plane touched down at 12:05 a.m. July 22 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, they smiled at each other and looked at their son. Four-day-old Stuart lay across from his parents on a medical cart surrounded by doctors, nurses and medical technicians. He was the newest patient for the

  • Missouri Guard helps St. Louis area in recovery

    Missouri National Guard citizen Soldiers and Airmen are being mobilized to support storm recovery efforts in the St. Louis area."The Missouri National Guard is proud to help the St. Louis area through this difficult time," said Maj. Gen. King Sidwell, the adjutant general for Missouri National Guard. "We are your hometown Guard and here when you
  • Airman 1st Class Kara Kidder sets out water in the passenger terminal at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 25. She was assisting American citizens who had stopped at Incirlik on their way to the United States. Airman Kidder is with the 728th Air Mobility Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan W. Lipscomb)

    Incirlik pulls together as hundreds transit base

    Airmen at the 728th Air Mobility Squadron passenger terminal are used to large crowds of people waiting to board an aircraft. They are used to endless piles of paperwork, luggage details and occasional irritable customers. Those are the things they are used to, but they live for events like those that happened July 25. They began the process of
  • Chaplain (Maj.) Kenneth Reyes holds a toddler, one of many American citizens who departed Lebanon and arrived at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 24. Chaplain Reyes is with the 39th Air Base Wing. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

    Departure efforts through Incirlik continue

    More than 1,600 American citizens displaced from Lebanon continued to process through Incirlik Air Base today. The Americans boarded the USS Trenton in Beirut Sunday at 5:10 p.m., and headed for the port city of Mersin in Turkey. After arriving in Turkey, they traveled by bus to Incirlik. "Many of the people processing have gone through an ordeal
  • Steve Sayre and his son, Jacob, look at an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a tour of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 17. The Make-A-Wish Foundation teamed with Davis-Monthan to offer a tour of the base for Jacob and other Make-A-Wish children as well as their families. The tour consisted of demonstrations by an explosive ordnance disposal robot, base fire department and a weapons load crew for an A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina D. Ponte)

    Make-A-Wish

  • Members from the 305 Air Mobility Wing and New Jersey state police assist an American citizen from Lebanon off a C-17 Globemaster III on Monday, July 24, at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. McGuire is providing humanitarian assistance for American citizens who are leaving Lebanon to return home after more than a week of fighting between the Israeli military and the militant group Hezbollah. More than an expected 1,000 Americans began arriving at McGuire on July 23. (U.S. Air Force photo/Denise Gould)

    McGuire AFB provides humanitarian assistance

  • Senior Airman Tianna Milagro offers candy to children arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 24. The children are among the Americans who left Lebanon and were transiting Turkey on their way to the United States. Airman Milagro is assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kelly L. Flynn)

    Incirlik continues helping Americans leaving Lebanon

    The new Incirlik Deployment Processing Center officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 30. Just a few weeks later, the facility is serving as a real-world reception center for 1,600 American citizens leaving Lebanon and seeking travel back to the United States. More than 500 Airmen from Incirlik assisted the busloads of citizens who
  • Capt. James Alves assists a small American child who just arrived at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, July 24th, from Lebanon. More than 1,600 citizens arrived in the port city of Mersin, Turkey, on the USS Trenton before being transported by bus to Incirlik. Captain Alves is assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Herron)

    Americans arrive in Turkey from Lebanon

  • Airmen work round the clock in humanitarian crisis

    Four Airmen from the 352nd Special Operations Group are deployed here to help with the assisted departure of American citizens, which through July 23 totaled more than 7,000, from Beirut, Lebanon, to ports and airports in Cyprus. Having arrived in Cyprus early on July 18 from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, the team was immediately dispatched

  • Americans fleeing Lebanon arrive at McGuire

    As of today, U.S. efforts to assist in the departure of American citizens from the conflict in Lebanon have led to more than 1,200 displaced people processing through here. American citizens are traveling aboard C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from here as well as from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and McChord AFB, Wash. "We are glad to be able to
  • Americans begin boarding a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on July 23. Airmen at Ramstein AB provided humanitarian assistance for American citizens departing the Lebanon crisis on their way to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela B. Malek)

    Heading to America

  • Maj. Matthew Hanson talks with an American citizen from Lebanon at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 21. The woman was one of 29 evacuees who arrived at Incirlik that day. Many more are expected over the next few days. Major Hanson is with the 39th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Herron)

    Care and comfort at Incirlik

  • RAMSTEIN AB, Germany -- Airman 1st Class Brendan Fassl, 723rd Air Mobility Squadron Passenger Services, picks up an infant to carry onto a bus to transport American citizens displaced from Lebanon to a C-17 waiting to return them to the United States July 23. (Photo by SMSgt Stefan Alford)

    Ramstein passenger services aids displaced U.S. citizens

    Shortly after 2 a.m. today, the senior 435th Air Base Wing representative at the base passenger terminal surveyed the scene before him -- more than 200 Americans displaced from Lebanon were stretched across seats, the floor and cots as they awaited transportation back to the United States.Then he caught sight of Capt. Scott Murphy, the officer in

  • Patriot Village helping Americans displaced from Lebanon

    Incirlik Air Base has proven to be up to the challenge of building a temporary home for displaced American citizens fleeing a bombed Lebanon. "It's been a 48-hour around-the-clock process of preparing this area for the (American citizens leaving Lebanon)," said Christopher Skully, 39th Services Squadron community support flight chief. "It's been a
  • Airmen from the 435th Security Forces Squadron wait to leave Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on July 19. The Airmen are assisting humanitarian efforts for Americans who have left Lebanon for Cyprus. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angela B. Malek)

    Assisting Americans

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