A 15-member medical team comprised of Air Force and Army personnel is working in Chouleuteca, Honduras, for two weeks, providing free optometry and ophthalmology services to needy people. The team has performed more than 30 surgeries and anticipates doing about 172 more. Airmen from Soto Cano Air Base in the Honduras joined specialists from Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., for this latest medical readiness training exercise.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…