The US Pacific Command-sponsored “Pacific Angel” humanitarian assistance and capacity building program recently wrapped in the Philippines after a week of training events and outreach activities to residents of Bohol Province, according to Pacific Air Forces release. Service members from the US, Australia, East Timor, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea participated in the event alongside their Philippine colleagues. Activities included the refurbishment of several schools with new electrical systems and plumbing, subject matter expert exchanges on topics such as public health outreach and crowd control, and the provision of health care services to 5,101 patients. The culminating event was a mass casualty training simulation. These projects and events are a sign of the US commitment to “support international disaster and humanitarian relief efforts in the region,” said USAF Brig. Gen. John Hillyer, the mobilization assistant to the Chief of Staff of PACAF. PACANGEL is executed by PACAF, which also has run iterations in Cambodia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Laos, Nepal, and other countries.
PHOTOS: 12 B-2s Conduct Massive Fly-Off, Elephant Walk
April 19, 2024
The Air Force carried out the largest B-2 Spirit fly-offs in recent history, when 12 aircraft—the majority of the nation's stealth bombers—took off one by one on April 15 from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The event also created a massive elephant walk as the aircraft taxied to and took…