Sharing knowledge to save lives
An airman with the 6th Special Operations Squadron advises a Malian Air
Force medical team during a search and rescue exercise May 21 at a military
training area north of Bamako, Mali. This was the final exercise the 6th
SOS conducted with the Malian Air Force following three weeks of joint
training. The final exercise was led by the Malian air force unit and
included U.S. and Malian security, medical and aircrew elements, as well as
representatives of Malian and African civilian aviation authorities. The
6th SOS is in Mali this month conducting the military training engagement as
part of Operation Enduring Freedom (Trans-Sahara), a Department of Defense
initiative to establish long-term relationships and help develop capacities
of north and western African nations. (Photo by Max R. Blumenfeld, JSOTF-TS
PAO)