
Air Force within the Joint Staff remain under the administrative control (ADCON) of AFSOUTH while Army within the Joint Staff remain under the ADCON of ARSOUTH. Army, while, the 612th ABS and JSF are commanded by the U.S. In addition, MEDEL, 1-228th AR, and ARFOR are commanded by the U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel to be the Deputy Commander. Army Colonel to be the Commander of JTF-B and a U.S. The Joint-Staff provides command and control for JTF-B and falls directly under the JTF-B Commander. The 1/228th provides aerial support for the JTF-Bravo humanitarian and disaster recovery missions. They work in five different major support commands (MSCs) including the 612th Air Base Squadron (ABS), Army Forces Battalion, Joint Security Forces, Medical Element, and the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment. The American contingent at Soto Cano Air Base is designated Joint Task Force-Bravo and consists of U.S. Soto Cano sits at an elevation of 2,062 ft (628 m) above sea level. The base is about 2 mi × 6 mi (3.2 km × 9.7 km) lies in the Comayagua Valley and is ringed by 8,000 ft (2,438 m) mountain peaks to the east and west. It is located less than 10 mi (16 km) from Comayagua (population: 33,000), and 60 mi (97 km) from the Honduras capital, Tegucigalpa. José Enrique Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduras military installation and home of the Honduras Air Force and Honduras Air Force Academy. About Soto Cano and JTF-Bravo command and structure military's Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) is headquartered at Soto Cano. In addition to the Honduran Air Force Academy, the U.S. military uses Soto Cano as a launching point for humanitarian aid missions throughout Honduras and Central America. government once used Palmerola (as previously known) as a base of operations to support its foreign policy objectives in the 1980s.


It serves as one of the important bases to the US Military's presence in Central America. The airbase became operational in 1940, changing the old location of the Honduras Air Force Academy in Toncontin, Tegucigalpa to Palmerola. troops and is also used by the Honduran Air Force academy. Soto Cano Air Base is a Honduran military base 5 mi (8.0 km) to the south of Comayagua in Honduras.
