The Air Force has sent 35 medical personnel to participate in New Horizons-Peru 2008, which runs through Aug. 31 and will provide medical care to residents in the poorest regions of Ayacucho. In another facet of the US Southern Command-sponsored program, US military personnel will construct medical clinics, schools, and water wells. The Air Force medics hail mainly from March Air Reserve Base in California and Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and include dental, general medicine, optometry, and public health personnel. (Task force release by TSgt. Kerry Jackson)
The six-week government shutdown did not affect the hours flown by Air Force pilots, a service spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine—avoiding what could have been a major blow at a time when flying hours are already lower than they have been in decades.
