Lone Helo

A lone UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment sits on the tarmac at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 25. (U.S. Army photo/Eric Lucero)

Air Show

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Army 1st Lt. Jimmy Cogles, a 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment pilot, poses for pictures during the annual Ilopango Air Show at Ilopango International Airport last month. Members of the battalion and the 612th Air Base Squadron represented Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, at the 2012 air show. Airmen and Soldiers were on hand to answer questions and pose for pictures as an estimated 35,000 people enjoyed the sights, sounds, and smells at one of the largest air shows in Central America. (Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Lloyd Malone)

Peering out

OLANCHO, Honduras – A boy peers out of the crowd of residents from La Bacadia waiting to be seen by medical providers during the last day of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 1 here. The Joint MEDRETE team saw approximately 1,983 Hondurans from the villages of San Rio Tinto, Cerro Del Vigia and La Bacadia during the four-day MEDRETE from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Waiting to see the doctor

OLANCHO, Honduras – La Bacadia residents wait to see medical providers during the last day of the Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Feb. 1 here. The Joint MEDRETE team saw approximately 1,983 Hondurans from the villages of San Rio Tinto, Cerro Del Vigia and La Bacadia during the four-day MEDRETE from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Looking around

OLANCHO, Honduras – A small Honduran child looks around the room while Senior Airman Sarah Shipman, Medical Element medical technician, and Sgt. Cesar Burgos, Joint Security Forces member, screen his family before sending them to a physician during a Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise Jan. 31 here. Nurses and medical technicians evaluated approximately 1,671 during the four-day MEDRETE in the Olancho District. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)

Pullint teeth

OLANCHO, Honduras - The Joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise provided dental care to more than 100 patients during the first two days of the MEDRETE and more than 85 patients Jan. 31 here. MEDRETES enhance the medical readiness training of U.S. forces as well as provide sustained health benefits to the population. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Franks)