SCNG supports Angel of the Andes exercise in Colombia

Doctors and med techs from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Medical Group plus medics from the South Carolina Army National Guard pose with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Barry R. Cornish (second from left), U.S. Air Forces Southern Commander, September 4, 2021. The medical personnel later traveled to the remote town of Tamana, Colombia to participate in a real-word community medical and humanitarian support mission. While there, the medical personnel provided dental, optical, dermatology, pharmacy and general medical care to more than 300 patients. South Carolina Air National Guard and South Carolina Army National Guard medical personnel participate in the regional Ángel de los Andes (Angel of the Andes) and Cooperación VII exercises in Colombia August 30 to September 10, 2021. The exercises provide training opportunities with South Carolina’s state partner Colombia in realistic combat search and rescue missions as well as humanitarian aid and disaster response scenarios such as earthquakes and tsunamis. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Jim St.Clair, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)