445th AW supports Panama humanitarian mission
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Lt. Col. Ali Miremami (center) and Staff Sgt. Joseph Craig (right), both from the 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, prepare a patient for a tooth extraction Aug. 20 while local interpreter Don Perezoso helps to communicate with the patient in Tecue, Coclé District, Panama. Thirty Airmen from the 445th AMDS and 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron traveled to Central America with Airmen from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., and Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., in Central America as part of a humanitarian mission to support Panama Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) Aug. 18 to Aug. 31, providing more than 9,000 dental, dermatological, general medicine, optometry and ophthalmology services to more than 5,000 residents living in remote areas who have limited or no access to medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Anthony G. Springer)