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Nov. 15, 2021

 MWDs Train on Helicopter, Medevac Operations 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —                                                Joint Task Force Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment C Company recently acclimated two MWDs to helicopter flight, and the use of the HH-60’s hoist capabilities during a training exercise Oct. 29, 2021 at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.            

Oct. 21, 2021

 USAAAD, DPAA join forces, conduct live hoist rescue training 

                                Members of Joint Task Force Bravo’s U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment (USAAAD), 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment conducted live hoist and Skedco hoist training, Oct. 11, 2021 in Santiago, Panama.            

Nov. 13, 2020

 USS Sioux City Assists Distressed Mariner 

                    CARIBBEAN SEA —                                                The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) assisted a tanker in distress while operating in the U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations, November 11.            

Aug. 24, 2020

 JTF-Bravo Aeromedical Evacuation Teams Save Three Lives in Four Weeks 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —                                                Pilots and crew from Joint Task Force – Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Air Ambulance Detachment recently performed three life-saving aeromedical evacuations in the course of four weeks, from Jun. 22 to Jul. 14, 2020.             

June 29, 2020

 Honduran Air Force, US Army partner for first-ever online MEDEVAC training course 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras —                                                Twenty members of the Honduran Air Force graduated from a Basic Aeromedical Evacuation training course provided by Joint Task Force- Bravo, June 19. The three-week academic training course included the participation of 13 nurses and seven doctors stationed at different Honduran Air Force bases, who connected with their JTF-Bravo counterpart from the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment through video chat.            

July 10, 2019

 WVARNG conducts knowledge exchange with Peru's army, police 

                                Members of the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) conducted hands-on aeromedical evacuation (MEDEVAC) operations training for medical experts of the Peruvian Armed Forces the first week of July in Lima.            

Jan. 26, 2017

 U.S. troops in Honduras practice medical evacuations 

                    SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras  —                                                The 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment conducted a joint Medical Evacuation training with Joint Security Forces at Soto Cano Air Base, Jan. 17 - 18, to increase readiness and knowledge in preparation for medical emergencies.              

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