Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- Staff Sgt. Edward Post, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron dental assistant, holds the hand of a Costa Rican woman as Lt. Col. Guy Delgadillo, the 30th MDOS dental flight commander, performs an oral cleaning May 19 at a local school house here. A team of medical specialists from Vandenberg is contributing to a humanitarian effort with local Costa Rican physicians to provide medical care to residents who are rarely seen by physicians due to living in isolated areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- Capt. Michael Riggall, a 30th Medical Group pediatrician, and Lt. Col. Stephanie Schaefer, a physician from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, provide medical care to local children here May 19. A team of Air Force medical specialists is participating in a joint humanitarian mission with local physicians of Costa Rica. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Learning the ropes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space 100 students work diligently on their classroom studies here May 19. The 392nd Training Squadron's Space 100 course is the first step for officers in the Air Force Space Command's Space Professional Development program, in which they learn the basics of space and missiles in a highly immersed 35 day course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

Model system

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Concentrating on the task at hand, 1st Lt. Randall Bergh, a 392nd Training Squadron student, inspects the circuit boards of an EyasSat training module during a laboratory exercise here May 19. The EyasSat module is a major satellite subsystem designed to give students the hands-on experience they need to conduct successful satellite space operations for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

Model of excellence

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space 100 instructor Capt. Matthew Collins provides guidance to 2nd Lt. Adam Brown during an EyasSat laboratory exercise here May 19. The EyasSat module is a major satellite subsystem designed to give students the hands-on experience they need to conduct successful satellite space operations for the Air Force. Captain Collins and Lieutenant Brown are both assigned to the 392nd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

Model of power

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Preparing for the real deal, 1st Lt. Robert Holland, a Space 100 student with the 392nd Training Squadron, conducts a test of the thermal panels of an EyasSat training module during a laboratory exercise here May 19. The EyasSat module is a major satellite subsystem designed to give students the hands-on experience they need to conduct successful satellite space operations for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)