Despite a lack of supplies, members of Medical Civil Action Program, a team of Air Force primary care physicians from Brooks City-Base, Tex., treated Cambodians with common ailments at a clinic in Mondol Kiri earlier this year, according to a Feb. 21 news release. They cared for more than 2,100 patients, using translators to help with the language barrier.
The Air Force has embraced new technical approaches like open mission systems and rapid software updates for cutting-edge aircraft like the B-21 and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Increasingly, though, the service is also working to apply these to its older, “legacy” aircraft, officials said this week.