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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Honduran Air Force Academy cadets watch the Friendship Chapel Worship Band play Christmas carols during the tree lighting ceremony here Dec. 10. Both Honduran and U.S. servicemembers attended the event, which was hosted by the base Chapel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Dec. 13, 2010

O Tannenbaum

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Army Staff Sgt.Shontal Thompson, flight medic with the 1-228th Aviation Regiment here, coaches firefighters from Honduras and El Salvador, 7 Dec., on proper medical evacuation techniques during the landmark firefighting training exercise known as Central America Sharing Operational Knowledge and Experiences. CENTAM SMOKE is a week-long, quarterly event designed to enhance firefighting capabilities throughout Central America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. John T. Stamm)

Dec. 13, 2010

Multinational training enhances firefighting capabilities throughout Central America

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — U.S. forces stationed at Soto Cano, in full partnership with Central American governments, routinely

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo watch as a Black Hawk helicopter is unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III here Dec. 9. The C-17, which is from McChord AFB, Wash., delivered the helicopter after it received repairs in the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Dec. 10, 2010

Another way to fly a Black Hawk

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Mr. Bruce Drube, who works with the Army Support Activity here, lights the sixth candle of the Menorah with the shamash during the sixth night of Chanukah hosted by the Chapel here Dec. 6. Chanukah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Dec. 7, 2010

Celebrating the Festival of Lights

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -- Senior Airman Henry Tolson, who works with the J6 communications office at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducts a radio communications check with the forward deployed command post during a medical readiness training exercise here Nov. 30. Mission communications involves more than radios, though; servicemembers use computers, radios, phones and more to ensure a constant flow of timely information. On medical missions, communications is also necessary to ensure a quick response to medical evacuation requests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Dec. 6, 2010

'Behind the scenes' work ensures MEDCAP success

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — It takes more than just a few doctors to make a medical mission possible.From Nov. 39 through Dec.

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Task Force-Bravo work on assembling a pump that would be used at a Forward Air Refueling Point. FARP assembly training was part of a two-day exercise that included water purification. JTF-B conducted the exercise at Fuerte General Hogar De Los in Siguatepeque, Honduras. (photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Roldan)

Dec. 3, 2010

Forward Air Refueling Point training

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras - Staff Sgt. Mindy Hornig, cornerstone of the Soto Cano Air Force flag football team's fearsome A-10 "tank-buster" defense, asseses the vulnerabilities of the opposition before the sixth annual "Turkey Bowl" here Nov. 24. The base Air Force team defeated the base Army team 30-12. (Air Force photo, Capt. John T. Stamm)

Nov. 26, 2010

Turkey Bowl title remains Air Force property

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — You could sense it in the air.  An ominous, General George S. Patton-esque presence that seemed to

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- Gen. Douglas Fraser, center, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, chats with Sgt. 1st Class Alan King, left, of the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, as Lt. Col. James Kanicki, the 1-228th commander, looks on. General Fraser visited with Team Bravo members to thank them for their service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Nov. 25, 2010

USSOUTHCOM commander visits Soto Cano

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras -- (From left) U.S. Ambassador Hugo Lorens, Col. Gregory Reilly, Col. Ruis Landa Dubon, Col. Wilfredo Reyes, Senior Airman Jaime Perez, Col. Martin Clausen, Spc. Jocelyn Minor and Gen. Douglas Fraser all take part in cutting the ceremonial ribbon during the grand opening ceremony of the new dining facility here Nov. 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Nov. 25, 2010

Team Bravo thankful for new dining facility

FUERZA MOROCON, Honduras -- Cpl. Brian Godfreaux, left, and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Dudley, both crew chiefs with the 1-228th Aviation Regiment, unload one pallet of rechargeable batteries from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter here Nov. 23. The 1-228th delivered 44 rechargeable batteries to this remote base to ensure the Honduran Infantry Battalion has power during the night. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek)

Nov. 24, 2010

JTF-Bravo helps recharge remote base

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — Fuerte Mocoron, Honduras, just got a bit brighter as Joint Task Force-Bravo delivered 44