AFSOUTH teams with World Food Program, 17 nations for PANAMAX Exercise
Maj. John Sedlacek (second from left), deputy chief of the 612th Combined Air Operations Center Air Mobility Division, explains an exercise scenario to Maj. Hugo Fiocca (left) of the Argentina air force, Lt. Col. Raymundo Torruella, from the El Salvador air force, and Lt. Col. Eugene Alfaro of the Nicaraguan army. Seventeen partner nations came together at D-M for Exercise Panamax, an annual exercise focused on the defense of the Panama Canal. This year, Air Forces Southern also integrated a simulated humanitarian relief operation into the Panamax scenario, building on lessons learned during recent earthquake and hurricane disaster response efforts in Latin America. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jake Richmond)