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.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.