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  • Three-step process can help prevent many accidents

    "Accidents happen."It's a common expression, often used to imply that safety mishaps can't be prevented.But many accidents are preventable - if people would only apply the right frame of mind in their daily routines, according to Lt. Col. Kevin Eastland, chief of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

  • AAF Female officers graduate from PeH orientation class

    Another milestone was made in the modernization of the Afghan Air Force with the graduation of the first five female officers from their first professional military education course at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 11. The Air

  • 'Port Dogs' in constant motion at 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

    U.S. Central Command has a big job here, supporting more than 150,000 coalition forces in two theaters of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those troops require a tremendous amount of logistical support, including around-the clock airlift sorties to move personnel and cargo throughout the area of

  • US, Afghan Air Force partner for security drills

    U.S. Air Force members partnered with their Afghan Air Force counterparts Nov. 6-7 for the pinnacle of a month-long security training session.After attending classroom lessons regarding the laws of armed conflict and weapons discipline, the soldiers of the Kandahar Air Wing Security Kandak, a

  • Afghan Air Force Riggers earn certification

    The first three Afghan Air Force personnel graduated and were certified as personnel parachute riggers on Nov. 10. This training was introduced because the AAF was gifted with 20 BA-22 parachutes and they required the capability to maintain and repack the parachute if they are needed to be place on

  • Thunder Lab graduates celebrate; advanced training next

    On Nov. 7, the Afghan Air Force's Thunder Lab celebrated the graduation of 14 pilot candidates who will now proceed to more advanced training in the U.S. Ten officers are going directly to the U.S. for language training at Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and then to pilot training

  • Air advisors help Iraqi Airmen settle into Ali

    Airmen of the Base Transition Team here are rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty to ensure Iraqi airmen have places to work, sleep, eat and play as they continue to move on to Ali Base and assume full responsibility for all operations.The BTT is part of the Iraq Training and