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  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Hutchings, 346th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron pediatrician, explains health information to a local woman near Meteti, Panama, April 17, 2018. Hutchings was part of an Embedded Health Engagement Team, which gave him a unique learning experience by submerging him into local clinics. The team participated in Exercise New Horizons 2018, which assisted communities in Panama by providing medical assistance and building facilities such as schools, a youth community center and a women’s health ward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen)

    New Horizons Embedded Health Engagement provides unparalleled training

    As with most tasks, hands-on education remains one of the most effective training methods of both learning and maintaining skills. For some medical professionals participating in Exercise New Horizons 2018, hands-on training comes in the form of fully submerging into local clinics.
  • Airmen from the 49th Maintenance Group litter carry a simulated casualty during a phase II exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 22, 2018. The participating Airmen’s training included donning mission oriented protective posture gear, conducting SABC to simulated injuries while keeping accountability of each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Young)

    49th MXG conducts Phase II exercise

    The 49th Maintenance Group educated more than 200 Airmen during its first phase II exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 22, 2018.
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    Refueling keeps Red Flag flying

    The Red Flag Tanker Task Force, with air mobility assets from three bases, descended on the Las Vegas skies three weeks ago in support the international training exercise, Red Flag-Nellis 18-1.The RFTTF consists of personnel, aircraft and equipment from McConnell Air Force Base, Fairchild AFB, and Royal Air Force Mildenhall. The task force has
  • Keeping a fitness routine can prevent exercise-related injuries.

    Exercise precautions can help Airmen stay fit to fight

    At the beginning of the year, the 20th Force Support Squadron fitness center is packed full of individuals looking to improve their physical fitness.
  • Master Sgt. Adam Young, 124th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resist and Escape specialist, demonstrates evasion techniques during Gunfighter Flag 18-1 Dec. 14, 2017, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Gunfighter Flag 18-1 took place Dec. 11-15, simulating joint service operations that might be encountered in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremy D. Wolff)

    Military branches come together for combat training

    The 366th Fighter Wing is located in the middle of nowhere in southern Idaho, nearly an hour away from a large city. Not exactly the description of a place one would expect military forces from every U.S. service and foreign allies would be excited to visit. In reality, Mountain Home AFB’s 110,000-acre range provides an ideal training setting with one of the biggest air spaces in the country, for exercises like Gunfighter Flag that accommodate joint-service combat training to simulate deployed situations.
  • Airmen from the 38th Rescue Squadron (RQS) drive a military RZR all-terrain vehicle during a full mission profile exercise, Dec. 14, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the training, the 38th RQS recovered victims while under enemy fire to prepare for future search and rescue missions and to assess their unit’s ability to work cohesively to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Eugene Oliver)

    38th RQS tests rescue capabilities

    Pararescuemen from the 38th Rescue Squadron conducted a full mission profile exercise, Dec. 12, 14 and 15, here. During the training, the 38th RQS recovered victims while under enemy fire to prepare for future search and rescue missions and to assess their unit’s ability to work cohesively to accomplish the mission.
  • U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Benjamin Shipley, 55th Fighter Squadron F-16CM Fighting Falcon pilot, prepares for flight atop his aircraft at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Nov. 16, 2017.

    Shooters launch first Rapid Ready Weasel exercise

    On a cold autumn morning, F-16CM Fighting Falcon maintainers scramble to put on gas masks and look over their wingmen for potential leaks in mission oriented protective posture gear, which could compromise the clothing’s ability to deter the effects of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
  • A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., lands during Stealth Guardian in a wooded area near Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 8, 2017.

    Exercise Stealth Guardian enhances rescue capabilities in multiple environments

    As a pilot stands in a forest, seemingly devoid of human life, he is watched – by friend and foe. The quiet serenity of the woodlands erupts with the whirling of helicopter blades and the incoming of simulated opposing forces, his rescue or his demise still uncertain.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joel Johnson, 20th Force Support Squadron relocations technician, checks a mobility folder to verify an Airman’s qualification to deploy during Phase I operational readiness exercise Weasel Victory 17-08 at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 3, 2017. The exercise tested the ability of 20th Fighter Wing Airmen to deploy quickly and effectively during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

    Airmen test readiness with Weasel Victory 17-08

    Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing participated in Phase I operational readiness exercise Weasel Victory 17-08, Aug. 2 to 4.
  • A maintainer from the 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit checks aircraft maintenance forms, Aug. 8, 2017, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

    Maintenance enables Stealth Guardian execution

    Maintenance teams from the 23d Wing and the 325th Fighter Wing are supporting Stealth Guardian, a five-day exercise which is designed to simulate real-world scenarios for both aircrews and maintainers.
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