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Two UH-60 and two HH-60 Black Hawks assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, depart Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 26, 2026, to provide dedicated medical evacuation coverage throughout the Combined Jungle Operations Training Course at Base Aeronaval Cristobal Colon, Panama. Under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, JTF-Bravo is supporting a combined U.S.-Panamanian effort to enhance bilateral relationships and interoperability, expanding the nations’ long-standing strategic security partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Merchak)
JTF-Bravo Aircraft Support U.S.– Panama Effort to Strengthen Interoperability in Jungle Training
By | Jan. 28, 2026
Aircrews with the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo are in Panama to provide dedicated medical evacuation coverage throughout the Combined Jungle Operations Training Course.
Master Sgt. Jeremy Campbell, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron Air Advisor, instructs a fire arms course, Jan. 15, 2026, in San Jose, Costa Rica. The purpose of the training was to build partner capacity and showcase interoperability between the United States Air Force and the Costa Rican Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA). (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Abror Samatov)
571st MSAS Advances Costa Rican Aviation Capabilities
By By Maj. Abror Samatov | Jan. 28, 2026
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Air Advisors from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) recently completed a multi-week engagement with the Costa Rican Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA), strengthening the nation's aviation maintenance, flight safety, logistics, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), and base defense capabilities under the U.S. Southern Command Theater Maintenance Partnership Initiative (TMPI) program.
A U.S. Southern Command donation of four Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats, held at the Vasco Núñez de Balboa Naval Base headquarters in Panama City, Panama, will enhance surveillance operations in the region. The boats, valued at $1.5 million, were funded under the Section 333 Authority to Build Capacity managed by DSCA. SEC 333 Programs support initiatives that offer targeted training and essential equipment to the national security forces of U.S. allies and partner nations, building their capacity. (U.S. Embassy in Panama photo)
Boat Donation Reinforces U.S.-Panama Partnership
By | Jan. 26, 2026
A U.S. Southern Command donation of four Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats to Panama will enhance surveillance operations in the region.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryce Marquardt, center, 612th Air Base Squadron air transportation supervisor, Tech. Sgt. Alexandria Mayfield, left, 612th ABS materiel management section chief, and Staff Sgt. Alina Serrano, 612th ABS noncommissioned officer in charge of materiel management, marshal a K-loader during a Denton mission at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 12, 2026. Airmen from the 68th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and Airmen from the 612th ABS offloaded 90,000 pounds of humanitarian cargo off of a C-5M Super Galaxy during a Denton mission. For over 25 years, Joint Task Force-Bravo has been at the center of the Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program in Honduras, which is is a Department of War and Department of State initiative that moves humanitarian cargo donated by non-governmental organizations to various locations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Merchak)
Joint Task Force-Bravo receives Denton Delivery in Honduras
By | Jan. 22, 2026
A C-5M Super Galaxy from the 433rd Airlift Wing Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, delivered 90,000 pounds of humanitarian cargo to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 12, 2026.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan L. Pettus, left, U.S. Southern Command acting commander shakes hands with Col. Brandon Alford, right, U.S. Space Forces Southern commander during an activation ceremony for U.S. Space Forces Southern at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Jan. 21, 2026. SPACEFOR–SOUTH serves as the space component to U.S. Southern Command, responsible for integrating space power with joint, interagency and multinational partners to support regional security, deterrence and stability across Central America, South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rachel Maxwell)
Space Forces Southern activated at Davis-Monthan AFB
By Andrea Jenkins | Jan. 21, 2026
The U.S. Space Force and U.S. Southern Command officially marked the activation of Space Forces Southern (SPACEFOR–SOUTH) during a ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Jan. 21, 2026, formalizing the command’s role in integrating space capabilities across the Western Hemisphere.
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