Maxwell medics plan joint exercise in Dominican Republic

John Henry the mission planner of the largest Maxwell Air Force Base-planned U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) to date, from the 42nd Medical Group, consults Tech. Sgt. Marcus Jackson, Security Forces day shift flight chief, 42nd Security Forces Squadron, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. at the start of the day outside of the gate at a primary school in Hostos, Dom. Rep., as patients line up in the background April 20. A group of 45 medics, translators, security and support personnel derived from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines provided dental, dermatologic, general medicine, optometric, pediatric, pharmacy and public health services. The medics treated 760 patients on the first day as part of the 10-day U.S. SOUTHCOM sponsored Beyond the Horizon 2009 - Caribbean. A MEDRETE is a U. S. Southern command-sponsored exercise designed to provide humanitarian assistance and free medical care to the people of the host nation, while providing an unparalleled training opportunity for U.S. and host nation forces. SOUTHCOM sponsors approximately 70 MEDRETEs per year. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Ben Sakrisson)

Presidential Inauguration: Witness to History

Despite temperatures in the teens, nearly two million people attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Attendees watched the inauguration on jumbo monitors along the National Mall between the Capitol and the Washington Monument. (Air Force photo by Scott Knuteson)

Tops in Blue entertains with oldies, but goodies

Staff Sgt. Corey Sims (right) leads the 2008 Tops in Blue performers, the Air Force’s premier expeditionary entertainment group, in a rendition of “God Bless the USA” during a public concert Sunday at the Davis Theater. The song is a tradition for the group, as it has been using the song to close its concerts for more than 20 years. (Air Force photo by Jamie Pitcher)

Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens

After the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10 at Moton Field, Ala., visitors explore the interpretive and static displays housed the in the only remaining original hangar of the "Tuskegee Experience." (Air Force photo by Scott Knuteson)

Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens

Retired Lt. Col. William Holloman, one of the Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen, participates in a panel discussion prior to the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10 at Moton Field, Ala. (Air Force photo by Scott Knuteson)

Air Force IT Conference kicks off

Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr., commander of the 8th Air Force, opens the Air Force Information Technology Conference 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center in downtown Montgomery Monday. Officials expect about 5, 600 attendees from military and private sector organizations. (Air Force photo by Sarah Blake)