Arkansas State Partnership Program hosts Guatemalan Air Force

Lt. Col. Luz Arlene Chinchilla Mena, the Guatemalan Air Force Unidad Humanitaria y de Rescate executive officer, checks the simulated pulse of a practice mannequin during a patient movement event hosted by the 189th Medical Group Aug. 9, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The event was coordinated as part of the Arkansas National Guard's State Partnership Program with Guatemala. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kayla Edwards)

Arkansas State Partnership Program hosts Guatemalan Air Force

Lt. Col. Luz Arlene Chinchilla Mena, the Unidad Humanitaria y de Rescate executive officer, executes a litter carry onto a C-130H during a three-day patient movement demonstration Aug. 9, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Members of the Guatemalan Air Force particiapted in the three-day patient movement tour with the Arkansas National Guard as part of the National Guard's State Partnership program.. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kayla Edwards)

Guatemalan Air Force visits 189th MDG, receives patient movement demos

Published Sept. 14, 2017
By Senior Airman Kayla Edwards
189th Airlift Wing

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --

Brig. Gen. Timo Hernandez Duarte, along with several other key leaders of the Guatemalan Air Force, spend the entire week visiting facilities between the 189th Airlift Wing and Camp Joseph T. Robinson, gaining and sharing knowledge with other maintainers and logistics personnel.

“This was an excellent opportunity for our Arkansas Air National Guardsmen to demonstrate the high level of quality maintenance we maintain to provide insight to our state partners,” said Lt. Col. Cliff Franklin, 189th Maintenance Group vice commander. “We hope to continue to build upon our established relationship with our state partners and look forward to future exchanges.”

The international visitors were introduced to storage and filing methods, shown the training process for the C-130H maintainer and provided a breakdown of the logistical support, among several other key processes, to the 189th AW. The information, purposefully designed to support the combat airlift mission at Little Rock AFB, provided a foundation for the Guatemalan Air Force visitors to take back and implement within their forces.