"I serve for Afghanistan"

On October 5, 2010, eight young Afghan eagles from the Afghan Air Force Thunder Lab will depart for 18 months of training in the United States. They will return as pilots.The eight lieutenants signed their seven year service commitments before a small gathering of family and their American advisors.

Flying the Wounded Home

Afghan Airmen and NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan advisors worked as one to transfer a patient from Bagram Airfield during a reverse aeromedical evacuation mission to Forward Operating Base Bostic in Konar Province, Afghanistan on Sept 27, 2010.A reverse medical evacuation takes a patient

Rescue helicopter crews answer the call in Afghanistan

By signing in to their shift, they know the first mission is theirs. Ready to leave in moments with barely a second to spare, the crew is notified at the last minute to stand down, prolonging the suspense as they attempt to relax. However, relaxation is hardly an option when a simple beep of the

Rock band vocalist performs for 386th Airmen

Vultures make impact with first GBU-54 combat drop in Afghanistan

Being an insurgent in Afghanistan and posing a threat to the progression of the Afghan people recently became a lot more dangerous.Airmen of the 510th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, recently employed a guided bomb unit-54 laser joint

Total force Airmen keep mission moving together

When push comes to shove, that's how these Airmen get it done.Airmen from the 451st Aerial Port Flight at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, are at the front end of the receiving line when cargo and passengers arrive at the base. They are also the last to touch it as it leaves.These aerial porters,

Afghan Air Force picks up last election ballots in Taliban stronghold

On Sept. 28, 2010, under the cover of darkness over Laghman province, four helicopters from the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Task Force Bastogne flew across the night sky with one purpose, to pick up the remaining parliamentary ballots from an area infiltrated by the Taliban. While dropping off the

Taking Care of Airmen, ACCE-I top priority

Support for joint operations, partnering with Iraqi security forces, and care for Airmen were some of the topics discussed during the visit by Iraq's top Airman here Sept 21.In his first Airmen's Call since becoming the Air Component Coordination Element-Iraq Director and commander of Detachment 2,

First 'shots' fired in war against influenza

Have you received your flu shot yet? If not, you need to.The first day of October is not only the beginning of a new fiscal year, it is also the beginning of "flu season," that sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, can't-get-to-sleep season. To fight the flu, the Air Force Theater Hospital

Teaching communication to the next generation of Afghan pilots

One of the most important aspects of being a pilot is to be able to share and receive information on the go. The pilot candidates Lieutenants from the Afghan Air Force Thunder Lab visited the AAF communications squadron September 28, 2010 in Kabul to learn what the Afghan Air Force Communications