Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen deployed to Guatemala for about three months to build a new medical clinic as part of exercise Beyond the Horizon. About 100 members of the RED HORSE units from Horsham Air Guard Station and Fort Indiantown Gap built the new clinic in La Blanca, Guatemala, to help locals get treatment for insect-borne diseases, such as Zika, and other illnesses such as hepatitis and HIV, according to an Air National Guard release. “The villagers were very welcoming to us being there. [They were] happy we were providing them with a clinic,” SrA Christopher Montague, 111th RED HORSE Squadron Det. 1 heavy equipment operator said in the release.
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.
