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  • First U.S. trained helicopter pilots return to Afghanistan

    First Lieutenants Abdul Saboor Amin and Ahmad Fawad Haidari became the first two Afghan Air Force helicopter pilots to successfully complete language and pilot training in the United States, recently returning to begin Mi-17 conversion training at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan.The

  • Two more Afghan Air Force Lieutenants head to the U.S. for training

    On Dec 1, the Afghan Air Force's English Immersion Lab know as the Thunder Lab graduated another two pilot candidates who will now proceed to more advanced training in the U.S. The two officers are going directly to the U.S. for language training at Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas,

  • First Airmen acquire Reaper maintenance responsibility in Afghanistan

    Airmen assumed responsibility of MQ-9 Reaper maintenance operations Dec. 1 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.The nearly 75 Airmen replaced a civilian contract force, making them the first military members to maintain MQ-9s since they entered combat operations in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring

  • Afghan Air Force refocuses on Personal Accountability Inventory

    Over the last six months, members of the Afghan Air Force and their NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan advisors have been conducting a Personnel Accountability Inventory incorporating a Biometrics component to strengthen force accountability and enhance force protection for AAF and Coalition

  • Afghans take lead on wheat seed

    In Afghanistan, agriculture is the primary industry, and wheat is the staple food. It accounts for over half the caloric intake of the population, and covers roughly 70 percent of the cultivated land.However, in some years, imports from surrounding countries have been required in order for

  • Nine medevaced from PRT Zabul after tragic accident

    It was 9:10 a.m. when the notification came to Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan.A civilian bus headed south on Highway 1 has rolled over leaving seven dead and more than 30 injured just outside Qalat city.Within 15 minutes, medical personnel from Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul were on