Joint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook lands at Los Ñopos in Panama quake relief

Text poster only. The source photo shows a tan twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook helicopter with its rotors turning, set down on a grassy green hillside under a blue sky with white clouds, and a service member in uniform walking across the slope toward it. — U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Photo posted Oct. 20, 2026 by U.S. Southern Command. SOUTHCOM says it shows a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo landing during a mission in Los Ñopos, Panama, on Oct. 16, 2026, as the U.S. military supported State Department-led disaster assistance requested by Panama's government after the Oct. 9, 2026 earthquake. The photo shows the twin-rotor helicopter on a grassy hillside with a service member walking toward it.

What: Joint Task Force-Bravo CH-47 Chinook lands at Los Ñopos in Panama quake relief
Where: Los Ñopos, Panama
When: Oct 16, 2026
Who: U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom)
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. A helicopter landing on a hillside during a relief mission; no one harmed. Graphic level: none.

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U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) · U.S. Southern Command on X (Oct. 20, 2026)

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Captured 16 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom). Location: Los Ñopos, Panama.

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