Medical personnel from Pacific Air Forces units across the Pacific region joined with medical teams from Thailand and Singapore to provide medical and dental care to underprivileged people in Thailand during the annual Cope Tiger combat readiness exercise in Thailand. TSgt. Aimee McLaren, a dental hygienist at Kadena AB, Japan, said, “We are treating those who are in need,” and added that the lines swelled at the makeshift clinics in schools. The medical teams traveled across Thailand over several weeks, setting up the clinics, dispensing care, and providing donated computers and other school supplies. (Report from Thailand by SSgt. Angelique Perez)
Planning an Air Show Is Hard. At Andrews, It’s Even Harder
Sept. 17, 2025
Joint Base Andrews opened its flightline this month to thousands of civilians, exposing a normally restricted airbase that regularly hosts the president and foreign dignitaries to a curious public eager to see current and historic military aircraft up close and in action.