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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 ]
The Soto Cano Air Base, also known as Palmerola, is located 8 km (5 mi) south of the city of Comayagua and is the largest military base in Central America.The airbase was built by the United States between 1984 and 1985.
The 3 km-wide (2 mi) and 10 km-long (6 mi) airbase is home of the Honduran Air Force Academy. United States maintains Joint Task Force Bravo on Soto Cano Air Base with approximately 550 US military personnel and more than 650 US and Honduran civilians. [citation needed] The airport is also open to civilians as Comayagua International Airport.
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 ...
Operated by the Honduran Air Force: Base Aerea Coronel Hector Caraccioli Moncada in La Ceiba; Base Aerea Coronel Hernan Acosta Mejia in Tegucigalpa; Base Aerea Coronel Armando Escalon Espinal in Valle de Sula; Operated joint with USAF: Base Aerea Soto Cano in Comayagua
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 ...
In April 2011, the airport authority and the government of Honduras resumed airport relocation talks and announced that work on the new Palmerola airport would start by the fall of 2011 after years of efforts to replace Toncontín International with an airport at Palmerola in Comayagua where the Soto Cano Air Base is located. [18]
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 ...