Eight US Air Force medics from bases in Arizona, California, North Dakota, and Texas are working with Ecuadorian military doctors to aid victims of the Tungurahua volcano eruption earlier this month. US Southern Command asked for medical personnel in family practice, dermatology, ophthalmology, and eye, ear, nose, and throat. The nearly 1,500 patients treated over a three-day period suffered most from eye, sinus, and throat problems. (Read more here.)
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
