JTF-Bravo Soldiers, Airmen respond to crashed Panamanian aeronaval helicopter [Image 37 of 49]

PANAMA

09.22.2023

Courtesy Photo

Joint Task Force Bravo

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Travis Wilson, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment CH-47 Chinook pilot, watches surveys a mountain range while waiting for cloud coverage to shift at a neighboring mountain’s landing zone during an infiltration mission of Panamanian search and rescue, recovery, and mountaineering personnel September 22, 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 Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (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, Servicio Nacional de Fronteras (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 Staff. Sgt. Samuel Pineda)

• Date Taken: 09.22.2023
• Date Posted: 09.28.2023 12:48
• Photo ID: 8046683
• VIRIN: 230922-F-XX999-2065
• Resolution: 7868x5245
• Size: 24.81 MB
• Location: PA