Air Force Medics in Peru

June 27, 2008

The Air Force has sent 35 medical personnel to participate in New Horizons-Peru 2008, which runs through Aug. 31 and will provide medical care to residents in the poorest regions of Ayacucho. In another facet of the US Southern Command-sponsored program, US military personnel will construct medical clinics, schools, and water wells. The Air Force medics hail mainly from March Air Reserve Base in California and Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and include dental, general medicine, optometry, and public health personnel. (Task force release by TSgt. Kerry Jackson)

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