Apart from participating in Cope Tiger 06, a tri-lateral exercise comprising US, Singapore, and Thailand forces operating out of Korat RAFB, Thailand, some Pacific Air Forces airmen take time to aid local schools and provide medical assistance to civilians in the area. One such is USAF MSgt. Kenny Orange who helped explain treatments and medications to local residents seen at a field hospital. Orange said he and his Singapore medic partners dispensed more than 300 prescriptions.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.