The US military personnel, including some Air Force medics, dispatched from Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras to aid villagers in Peru injured in the Aug. 15 earthquake have treated more than 1,300 patients since their arrival on Aug. 17. Meanwhile, JTF-Bravo sent off some 20 airmen and soldiers to assess damage in Belize from Hurricane Dean.
NORAD surged two F-35s, two F-16s, and a trio of KC-135s to Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland earlier this month for a “dynamic operational exercise,” testing its ability to rapidly deploy forces in the Arctic.
