1-228th Aviation Regiment and U.S. Navy build Central American support capability > U.S. Southern Command > News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 21, 2022
SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras –
U.S. Army pilots and crew assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment (1-228), Joint Task Force-Bravo completed deck landing qualifications with the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) off the coast of El Salvador, July 15 and 16, 2022.
In all, 14 pilots and 14 crew chiefs accomplished the deck landing qualification. Training was conducted using four Black Hawk UH-60 helicopters.
The training took place approximately 50 miles off the coast of El Salvador and involved five landings by each . . .
