March 25, 2010

JTF-Bravo conducts first mission in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — An aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, conducted their first rotary airlift mission March 24 here in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti.The 1/228th along with other members from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras March 21."We are excited about getting in the air and doing our part," said Lt. Col.

March 24, 2010

JTF-Bravo aircrew conduct overview flights of Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Pilots and aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, flew over Haiti to get familiar with the country side and survey future landing zones March 23 as they begin relieving Navy and Marine rotary assets that have been supporting Joint Task Force-Haiti airlift operations.The Soldiers from the 1/228th along with other members of Joint task

March 23, 2010

JTF-Bravo hits ground running

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, worked all afternoon and into the evening to ready two of their UH-60 Blackhawks for rotary airlift operations March 21 here in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti.Maintainers and aircrew from 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment worked side by side to accomplish the unloading and

March 21, 2010

JTF-Bravo deploys helicopters, personnel to Haiti

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed 40 personnel, four UH-60 Blackhawks and equipment March 21 and 22 in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti's airlift operations in Haiti.Four C-17 Globemaster IIIs landed and were loaded during a three-day period to airlift more than 180,000 pounds of equipment."I am very proud of our servicemembers' professionalism as

March 10, 2010

U.S. military helps make medical miracles happen in Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Like a lot of men in Honduras, Lorenzo Amador enjoys the use of his eyesight to farm and make a living off of the land. Unlike other men, however, Amador spent the last three years legally blind but regained his sight again March 9.Amador's blindness, caused by cataracts in both eyes, was healed by surgeries performed during a combined U.S/Honduran

March 10, 2010

Team Soto Cano provides 630 people medical care in Belize

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — A 23-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Belize March 1-4 to provide medical care to more than 630 people in rural areas of the country. In partnership with the Belize Ministry of Health and Defense Force team, JTF-Bravo medical crews, based out of Price Barracks near Belize International Airport, airlifted into the villages of St.

March 5, 2010

JTF-Bravo, Give a Kid a Backpack: working together to help children of Honduras

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Give a Kid a Backpack Foundation and Joint Task Force-Bravo teamed up Feb. 23-26, traveling the Honduran countryside and distributing more than 1,000 backpacks to children in need.This is the third year that the foundation and JTF-Bravo have worked together toward a common goal--providing assistance to Honduran people in order to promote

March 4, 2010

JTF-Bravo holds basewide formation run

Feb. 23, 2010

Team Soto Cano opens Utila's baseball season

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Baseball is known as America's pastime, but tucked away off the coast of Honduras is an island that considers baseball their own and invited the Soto Cano AB baseball team to test its skills against their baseball teams."Baseball is what everyone on Utila grew up playing," said Garret Ramon, one of the Utila shortstops. "We love sportsmanship and

Feb. 19, 2010

Senator visits Soto Cano