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Servicio Nacional de Fronteras (SENAFRONT) commandos watch a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, maneuver toward the mountain to extract them attempt during a search and recovery operation of a crashed Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (SENAN) helicopter Sept. 13, 2023, in the Oláon District, Panama. A quick reaction force of 26 U.S. Army Soldiers and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 1-228 AVN, Army Forces Battalion, 612th Air Base Squadron and Joint Task Force-Bravo joint staff with specialties in aviation, avionics, fueling, clinical medicine, personnel recovery, public affairs, flight medicine, weather and aviation operations mobilized within an hour of tasking notification to assist Panamanian forces in the search and recovery of a crashed SENAN AW-139, call sign AN-141. Throughout the two-week operation, U.S. military personnel from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, worked with SENAN, SENAFRONT, Bomberos de Panamá, and Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINAPROC) to secure the remote crash site, recover the crew’s remains and extract the flight data recording device, or “black box.”(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Duncan McElroy)
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2023 12:46 |
| Photo ID: | 8046574 |
| VIRIN: | 230913-F-PJ703-1231 |
| Resolution: | 6048x4024 |
| Size: | 20.29 MB |
| Location: | PA |
| Web Views: | 48 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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