The fourth and final iteration of US Pacific Command’s Operational Pacific Angel 2010 has concluded in Sri Lanka. Over an eight-day period in mid August, airmen operating with US military teams worked with their Sri Lankan counterparts to carry out civil engineering projects and provide medical, dental, and optometry care to thousands of patients in Sri Lanka’s Anuradhapura and Puttalam communities. The medical personnel also conducted capacity-building seminars in pediatrics and mental health. The civil engineers repaired and refurbished two primary schools and helped provide equipment for a school in Puttalam. “These activities have had an enormous and positive impact on several communities in Sri Lanka,” said Col. David O’Brien, 13th Air Force surgeon general. The previous Pacific Angel exchanges this year were held in the Philippines in February, Vietnam in May, and Bangladesh in June. (Sri Lanka release by MSgt. Mike Hammond)
Air Force Conducts Test Launch of Minuteman III ICBM
May 21, 2025
The Air Force test-launches unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on May. 21. The successful test saw the missile equipped with a single reentry vehicle traveling more than 4,200 miles at over 15,000 mph to strike a designated test site near…