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El Salvador air force Lt. Col. Dario Hernandez is the senior officer for the El Salvador instructor contingent in Afghanistan. He oversees 22 advisors that mentor Afghans. U.S. and Salvadoran Airmen advise Afghan soldiers on maintenance, operations, flight safety, and security of the Mi-17 Helicopter. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Tyler Placie) U.S. and Salvadoran airmen team up to mentor Afghans
A team of El Salvador and U.S. airmen are working together in Herat, Afghanistan, to advise their Afghan counterparts on several missions that will be essential for the Afghans to manage as they continue to expand their air force.This joint team of airmen, which make up the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group Detachment 1, advises the Afghans in
 0 11/23
2011
Tech. Sgt. Christian Corella, covers his sector from the door of an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 during an emergency resupply flight Nov. 11, 2011, through western Afghanistan. The U.S. and Afghan flight crews provided supplies to a remote Afghan border patrol outpost. Corella is an aerial gunner from the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Tyler Placie) Aerial gunner trains Afghans on aircrew responsibilites
Tech. Sgt. Christian Corella has been an aerial gunner for more than eight years. He cross trained into the career field after his first four years as an Airman because he said he wanted to do something more."I'd watch aircraft take off and knew I wanted to be a part of that," said Corella, 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group Detachment 1 MI-17
 0 11/22
2011
Default Air Force Logo 717th EASOS, critical to mission effectiveness
Located in Kabul, the 717th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, part of the 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group, is the airpower equivalent to a 911 emergency call center for joint and coalition ground forces.According to officials, the 717th ASOS is a forward-deployed element of the combined air operations center located in
 0 11/09
2011
An Afghan air force Mi-17 helicopter rests on the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The Afghan air force recently completed its first unassisted helicopter-borne medical evacuation, flying a stabilized patient from Camp Shorabak in Helmand province to Kandahar Airfield. (U.S. Army photo by Private 1st Class. Sean Dennison) Afghan aviators soar toward self-reliance
The Afghan Air Force recently completed its first unassisted helicopter-borne medical evacuation, flying a stabilized patient from Camp Shorabak in Helmand province to Kandahar Airfield.Currently, the Marines and sailors of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), in partnership with other NATO coalition forces, provide almost all aviation support in
 0 9/25
2011
Afghan contractors mix and apply concrete to the walls of a structure at Shindand Air Base in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 4, 2011. When completed, the structure is slated to be a dining facility capable of seating 600 Afghan Air Force members and staff. The project is a small portion of a large-scale construction effort on the premier Afghan air base, which includes the building of advisor and airmen barracks, a language learning lab, training facilities and flight line renovations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kat Lynn Justen) Shindand Air Base rising on the wings of national efforts, international support
What provides the capability for combat forces to travel greater distances by acting as a conduit to the resupply of soldiers, ammunition, equipment and fuel? What system can move forces faster and farther than their own means can carry them? And what can destroy targets no longer in range of army and naval units? An air force, and in the Herat
 0 9/25
2011
Afghan air force firefighting students at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the AAF’s “Air University,” listen to their instructor as he teaches them about fire safety recently. PeH is located on the AAF compound in Kabul and currently has 593 students enrolled from all over Afghanistan in various classes and is the primary in-processing point for all training conducted in the AAF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith) Afghan Airmen, coalition provide education to AAF members
Last month, Afghan National Army soldier Mohammed Khalil, made history and didn't even know it. Khalil, with the Basic Warrior Training Kandak 162, became the 100,000th member from the Afghan National Security Forces to graduate from one of many established literacy training programs. With that graduation, experts say momentum in the training arena
 0 9/06
2011
Afghan air force pilot candidate 2nd Lt. Masooma Hussaini, receives flight simulation instruction at Thunder Lab from Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Dean Curt at the Afghan air force base compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2011. Masooma and three other pilot candidates were the first women to graduate from Thunder Lab and are currently continuing their training at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen) Thunder Lab produces Afghan Air Force "Best of the Best"
For Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Yar Mohmmad, it's always been a dream to serve his country in the AAF. Coming from Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan, the 25 year-old Afghan Lieutenant now has that chance thanks to a program here called "Thunder Lab." Standing up in May 2010, Thunder Lab is an environment aimed at immersing select AAF lieutenants
 0 8/03
2011
Master Sgt. Dave Penisten of the 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, verifies a compressor blade with 1st Lt. Ahmad Shah, Afghan air force maintainer at the AAF compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. Coalition advisers work daily at the AAF compound to instruct Afghan maintainers on the fine art of maintaining the Afghan Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters. Sergeant Penisten is stationed at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airmen Amber Williams) Airmen instruct Afghans to complete rotary wing advising mission
A team of advisers from maintenance units across the Air Force have converged here to not only teach Afghans how to maintain their aircraft, but to prepare trainers themselves to carry on the mission with little or no oversight. Meet the trainers of the 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron.These Airmen work daily at the Afghan Air Force
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2011
Staff Sgt. Mia Hackett, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, was one of the security forces members who responded to the wing following the fatal shooting of nine 438th members April 27. The 28-year-old is assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and has spent more than eight years in the Air Force. Hackett, from Colorado Springs, Colo., plans to apply for officer training school and eventually own her own law firm. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams) 438th SFS member balances work, family
It's not often that people know what they want to do in life...what they want to accomplish or which path they want to take when they come upon a fork in the road. More often than not, it seems people just plod along on a path of indecision, looking for an opportunity to excel or someone to guide them. Then, at the most inopportune time it happens
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2011
Master Sgt. Joe Herrera and his wife Jenna, pause for a moment with their 5-year-old daughter Kaliana. Kaliana has spina bifida, a defect that involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord. Kaliana has endured five surgeries thus far with Herrera having left Afghanistan two times on emergency leave to support his family. Herrera is a helicopter crew chief with the 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. (Air Force courtesy photo provided by Master Sgt. Joe Herrera) Caring for his daughter; one deployed dad’s journey
Air Force members go through many ups and downs during a year-long deployment. Working long hours with few days off coupled with stressful situations at home can take a toll on a member and family.But, what if one of your family members had a serious birth defect? A birth defect so severe, the family member had to be hospitalized for more than two
 0 7/07
2011
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