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  • AAF learn fundamentals of entry control procedures

    Members of the Afghan Air Force practice basic apprentice security force training and entry control procedures at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," an AAF base, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 24.The focus of the class is to give AAF Airmen basic procedures and knowledge of

  • Landing zone safety officers trained at austere location

    At an austere airstrip here, Air Mobility Liaison Officers are conducting landing zone safety officer certification training to U.S. and coalition forces throughout Afghanistan unsecured dirt landing strip outside the protection of conventional forces. Twenty-six students from the U.S. Air Force and

  • Last frontier for tactical air control

    Weather can often be the deciding factor on an aircraft landing. As soon as the weather system moves out, operations generally resume their normal tempo. That is, unless the airstrip in question is in the middle of an Afghan mountainside. These mountainside airstrips at austere locations have

  • Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum commander visits AAF Base in Kabul

    The commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum visited the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul Feb. 24 to get a hands-on feel for the direction of the Afghan Air Force as NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan drives the initiative to help develop an independent and self-sustaining AAF."I wanted to

  • Airmen teach classes, build partnership

    Near the busy runway of Kandahar Airfield, under the constant rumble of aircraft engines, a group of Afghans gathered with members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing to watch a munitions demonstration on the A-10 on Feb. 22, 2011. The demonstration, however, was about more than the aircraft. It

  • Combing the A-10 keeps "Sharks" in the air

    Every 500 flight hours, each A-10 must go through a phase inspection. In the five months the current inspection team of the 451st AEW has been at Kandahar Airfield, they've completed twenty phase inspections and repaired more than 6,000 total discrepancies.The inspection might find hairline cracks,

  • Another "New Afghan Eagle" leaves for the U.S.

    First Lieutenant Hamidullah Amin, a pilot candidate in the Afghan Air Force and student at the Afghan Air Force English immersion lab known as the "Thunder Lab" at Kabul, Afghanistan, flew from the Kabul International Airport to a partner nation in the Middle East to start pilot training Feb.

  • Afghan Airman promotes integrity

    An Afghan Air Force Airman was awarded Gen. David Petraeus' Commander's Coin during a ceremony at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul Feb. 22.Maj. Mer Agha, the AAF's aviation life support equipment shop chief, earned the coin for his honesty and integrity in halting a false promotion as NATC-A

  • Deployed Airmen celebrate the life of a fallen Defender

    A white cross stood center-stage in the packed auditorium, adorned with a helmet on top, an M-16 rifle, combat boots and a set of dog tags. To the left, a green wreath speckled with yellow flowers. To the right, a picture of Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson overlooked the audience.Members of