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U.S. Army Sgt. Alicia Baum, 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment flight paramedic, analyzes the condition of a simulated aircraft casualty during a search and rescue exercise, May 21, 2019, in Comayagua, Honduras. Members from various units on Joint Task Force – Bravo participated in the exercise that simulated a HH-60 Blackhawk crashed during a routine flight carrying personnel. The exercise practiced notification, recall, search and rescue, on-scene medical care, recovery of personnel from low and high angle austere terrain, and medical care once the injured returned to base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

May 30, 2019

Helicopter Exercise Tests JTF-B Rescue Capabilities

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — What started off as a routine passenger transport flight resulted in a search and recovery mission for Joint Task Force – Bravo. The simulated scenario tested the base’s capabilities and procedures during a personnel recovery exercise, here, May 21.

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook sits in a field during aerial gunnery training in Belize, Feb. 11, 2019.

Feb. 22, 2019

Winged Warriors maintain combat capabilities in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — The air hangs quiet and humid over a jungle landscape glowing only by the light of stars and fireflies that decorate the scene; the night would be like any other in the small country of Belize, except for the distant lights of U.S. Army helicopters and their M-240H Machine Guns.

Agents from Panama’s National Border Service wait to load slings onto a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook headed to the Darien Province in the Republic of Panama, Jan. 11, 2019.

Jan. 17, 2019

U.S. Army helps protect Pan-American Highway in OP Darien Lift

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS — The 1-228th Avn Regt Chinook crews provided air transportation assistance from Jan. 4-12 for the first phase of the operation, named Darien Lift.

Joint Task Force-Bravo joins the team of cooperation to combat the intense fire that has consumed more than 15 acres of land in Intibucá.

March 22, 2017

JTF-Bravo Helps Fight Wildfires in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo partnered with Honduran Public Forces to contain multiple life-threatening wildfires here the first week of March.