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  • Afghan Air Force hosts Musa Qal'ah Youth Shura

    The 215th Corps Marine mentors and local Afghan National Police at the Musa Qal'ah District Center hosted the first annual Youth Shura and Open House on Dec. 20. The ANP, Afghan National Army and the Afghan Air Force's Kandahar Air Wing provided static displays for the 40 youth participants. It was

  • Kandahar Air Wing conducts first All-Afghan cargo sling mission

    The first All-Afghan cargo sling load mission was conducted on Dec. 21 to deliver winter supplies from Eagle landing zone in Qalat to the Afghan National Army's 205th Corp's remote outpost near Mizan in the Zabul province. While this first flight took just 30 minutes, it required a high degree of

  • Afghan Mi-17 Pilot Rocket Training Begins

    On Jan 13, Kandahar Air Wing began rocket training for the first Afghan Mi-17 aircraft commander, Major Abdul Wadoud. The day started with extensive ground training and finished with Major Wodoud successfully firing sixteen 57mm S-5 rockets into a target. The program has roughly six events before an

  • Afghan Air Force "Big Air School" graduates four courses

    Members of the Afghan Air Force graduated from four different courses at the Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 13. The classes that held graduations were a Mi-17 engine and body course, a noncommissioned officer orientation course, a

  • The 438th Air Expeditionary Wing focuses on wingman

    The 438th Air Expeditionary Wing held a "Wingman Day" meant to encourage resilience--the ability to withstand, recover and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands--among NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan troops working on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan Jan.

  • Vice president thanks Airmen and servicemembers in Iraq

    A crowd of more than 200 military members, many of them Airmen, and civilians deployed in support of Operation New Dawn, listened to Vice President Joe Biden during his brief stop at Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory, Iraq."It makes me feel like we have the support of the people back home," said Staff

  • CSAR Airmen give ultimate holiday gift: Airlift for wounded Soldier

    Timing is everything. As the rotators of an HH-60 Pave Hawk wound down from a recently wrapped up training scenario, a real-world medical request dropped. The launch of a combat search and rescue team was perfectly timed for a Soldier needing medical attention on a secluded outpost.The crew was

  • Airmen donate school supplies to local Iraqi children

    Some Iraqi children attend school without the basic supplies needed to succeed. Several deployed Airmen took it upon themselves to help provide for the students at one Iraqi school.Airmen assigned to the Echelon Above Division-Advise and Train team at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, recently handed out