USAF medics with the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Sather AB, Iraq, ply their expertise several times a week outside the base, treating patients at the Radhwaniya Medical Clinic Outreach Program building. The Air Force medical personnel and other volunteers provide routine checkups and deliver candy and school supplies. Participant TSgt. Michelle Du Lac says, “I’m a better medic for being here.”
Bell Textron has won DARPA's contest for a no-runway, high-speed drone that will prove out technologies useful for special operations forces and possibly the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. Bell's design converts a tiltrotor to a jet-powered aircraft able to fly at up to 450 knots.