Despite reduced numbers, final New Horizons MEDRETE a success
Dr. (Lt. Col.) Walter Weaver and Senior Airman Betty Goldsmith, a dental technician, extract a tooth from a Peruvian woman during a medical mission in Mollepata, Peru, Aug. 1. A team of 19 medical professionals from the 433rd Medical Group at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, are deployed to Ayacucho, Peru, to support New Horizons - Peru 2008, a humanitarian mission set on bringing quality-of-life construction projects and a total of nine medical missions to underpriviliged Peruvians. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Mary Pekas)