'Today's Air Force' highlights mission in Ecuador Published Aug. 13, 2007 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- This week's edition of "Today's Air Force" highlights the Manta Air Base mission in Ecuador -- the fight against drug trafficking. It also features the Air Mobility Command Rodeo. See how more than 40 teams and 2,500 people from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and allied nations took part in the readiness competition. Finally, Airmen travel to the Republic of Nauru, located south of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean where the battle of Tarawa took place back in World War II. Their humanitarian mission includes medical aid and construction projects to better the life of its people. The long-format, weekly news show tells Air Force stories in more depth. The program is made up of three segments and each runs approximately eight minutes. Although each can stand alone, they are related to form a seamless program. "Today's Air Force" can be seen every day on The Pentagon Channel and via American Forces Radio and Television Service stations all around the world or subscribe to receive the Air Force feed via podcast at: http://www.af.mil/library/podcast.asp. Also, more than 130 cable-access stations air the program, which can be obtained either from a satellite feed or through a file-transfer protocol server. If you would like your local public access station to carry this program, send us your request to: AFNEWS.MARKETING@afnews.af.mil. To submit a story idea for "Today's Air Force," or for any Air Force News products, send an e-mail to storyideas@afnews.af.mil. This week's line-up includes: Segment A -- War on Drugs Manta Air Base mission Segment B -- Challenges/Competitions AMC Rodeo CBRN Challenge Segment C -- Air Force Humanitarian Projects Tarawa Hospital Construction Nauru Medical Aid Comment on this story (comments may be published on Air Force Link) Click here to view the comments/letters page