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  • AAF pilots graduate aviation English course

    More than 80 Afghan Air Force pilots graduated from an aviation English course during a ceremony on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul March 14.The course, split between varying levels of language proficiency ranging from elementary to intermediate, taught aviation-centric English meant to help the

  • U.S. AFCENT announces 2010 Outstanding Security Forces Expeditionary Units

    Three security forces squadrons were recently selected as the 2010 Outstanding Expeditionary Security Forces Units in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility.The awards recognized exemplary mission accomplishment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn as the security

  • Photo essay: 386th AEW celebrates with E-8 selectees

    Master Sergeants James Bove, Chad Green and Jennifer Hedden were selected to the rank of senior master sergeant and celebrated during a gathering March 11 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Sergeants Bove and Green are both members of the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

  • Ten AAF Airmen graduate basic firefighter course

    Ten Afghan Air Force Airmen graduated from the Basic Firefighter Course during a ceremony held at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the AAF's "Big Air School," on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul March 14.The graduation was the culmination of 90 days of intense training that brought the Airmen from

  • Bagram opens Afghanistan's first C-130 hangar

    Members of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing opened Afghanistan's first permanent C-130 hangar during a ribbon cutting ceremony here March 14. The newly completed hangar is a milestone for 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainers who have waited nearly two years for the

  • 455th Airmen support ISAF's RC-North mission

    A small group of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen is making huge contributions to the U.S. Transportation Command mission in Afghanistan. About a dozen Airmen belonging to the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadrons are charged with

  • Mi-171 advisor pilots provide training - day or night

    A dozen Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air helicopter pilots are working day and night to ensure their Iraqi counterparts are trained and equipped to conduct missions that will ensure safety and security within the country. At home, most of the American advisors provide security, passenger

  • The price is right for international relations

    Four trainers from the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management, a Department of Defense organization based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, have taught U.S. and Iraqi Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel about security cooperation management and foreign military sales.The

  • First flight a success for future Afghan Flying Air Crew Chiefs

    Four Afghan Air Force Airmen attached to the Kandahar Air Wing recently flew their first flights as part of the inaugural Flying Air Crew Chiefs course in Shindand.The month-long course pairs United States Air Force Flying Air Crew Chiefs and Afghan Crew Chief trainees and focuses on the operational