DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Local media are reporting that the US Southern Command (Southcom) has established a provisional airbase at the capital city airport. The US military posed for the group photo on the airfield described as “an airfield in the US Southern Command Area of Responsibility” on 9 December 2025. The 921st Contingency Response Squadron is also known as The Dragons. The DVIDS website explains that the squad is in the Dominican Republic as part of an open-the-airbase mission set within the 621st Contingency Response Wing that enables rapid global mobility.

DVIDS explains that the squadron is responsible for opening, operating and closing airbases in austere environments while being self-sustaining.

DVIDS reports that the US military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the US Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the...