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Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduran military base 5 mi (8.0 km) to the south of Comayagua in Honduras. It houses 1,200–1,500 U.S. troops and is also used by the Honduran Air Force academy. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The airbase became operational in 1940, changing the old location of the Honduras Air Force Academy in Toncontin , Tegucigalpa to Palmerola. [ 4 ]
612th Air Base Squadron provides air base support to Joint Task Force-Bravo and the 12th Air Force including air traffic control, logistics, base civil engineering, fire department, airfield operations and personnel functions. In addition, the squadron maintains Soto Cano Air Base, the only strategic hub for U.S. operations in Central and South ...
Wadell's official photo for the Southern Command. Waddell became an Engineer Officer with 15th Engineer Battalion, then the 9th Infantry Division as a Platoon Leader and Battalion Maintenance Officer. With Joint Task Force Bravo at Soto Cano (Palmerola) Air Base, Comayagua, Honduras, he served as the JTF Engineer. In the 35th Engineer Battalion ...
The chain of command leads from the president (as commander-in-chief) through the secretary of defense down to the newest recruits. [2] [3] The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers.
During the 1980s, the 11th Signal Brigade forward-deployed two provisional companies: Company B (Separate) at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras to support Joint Task Force Bravo, and Company C (Separate)in Bahrain to support United States Central Command.
This small force quickly landed at Palmerola Air Base (now known as Soto Cano Air Base) and were moved quickly into position at a Honduran military base to facilitate the guarding of a local general. An international special operations unit led by Orlando Lentini, and the aviation assets of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) stationed on Pamerola ...
Hernan Acosta Mejia Air Base at Tegucigalpa; Soto Cano Air Base at Comayagua, [17] Armando Escalon Espinal Air Base at La Lima, Cortés; Hector Caraccioli Moncada at La Ceiba. With the exception of Soto Cano Air Base, all other air bases operate as dual civil and military aviation facilities. Additionally, three air stations are located at ...
Designated as Deputy Commander 2. Maj Gen Clements McMullen: 10 January 1947: 25 October 1948 (1892–1959) [2] Designated as Deputy Commander 3. Maj Gen Thomas S. Power: 26 October 1948: 14 April 1954 (1905–1970) Designated as Deputy Commander (1948–52) Vice Commander (1952–54) 4. Lt Gen Francis H. Griswold: 3 May 1954: 30 June 1961 ...