Air Force begins humanitarian mission in Vietnam

Capt. (Dr.) Chad Thompson, an optometrist from the 931st Air Refueling Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, examines a Vietnamese woman Sept. 18 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Dr. Thompson and other U.S. military members are participating in Operation Pacific Angel 2009 to provide humanitarian assistance in cooperation with local authorities to Quang Tri Province residents Sept. 15-24. Pacific Angel is a Pacific Air Forces operation led by 13th Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The joint and combined humanitarian assistance operation is conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility to support U.S. Pacific Command’s capacity-building efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)

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