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  • Afghan Air Force rescues more than 2,000 during floods

    Between 8:30 a.m. on July 28 and 6:00 p.m. on July 29, two Mi-17s belonging to the Afghan Air Force rescued over 2,000 Afghan citizens from severe flooding in Nangahar and Kunar provinces. The air crews, mostly Afghans, were led by the Kabul Air Wing Commander, Brigadier General Barat, pictured at

  • Afghan Air Force protects base from unexploded ordinance

    Following multiple rocket attacks on the Kabul International Airport during the evening of July 19, 2010, Internal Security Assistance Force and Afghan Air Force reacted to clean up after the attack.The AAF Security Forces notified Combined Air Power Transition Force mentors of a unexploded

  • Afghan Air Force and Army joint mission focuses on education

    The Afghan Air Force and the Afghan National Army's 209th Corps joined together for the first time for a Humanitarian Assistance mission, focusing on the importance of education, in a village outside of Mazar-e-Sharif on July 27, 2010.Major General Rahimi, ANA 209th Corps Chief of Staff and

  • Last Air Force PTT completes mission

    The 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Detachment 2 completed their mission as the final Air Force Police Transition Team in Iraq in a ceremony here July 26 as they have brought the Iraqi Police to a self-sustaining level.In addition to going "off mission," they transferred authority to

  • New flight simulators give Afghan airmen an edge

    Afghan Air Force pilot candidates now train on flight simulator equipment as airmen develop skills prior to intensive military flight training at NATO nations overseas.The Combined Air Power Transition Force, a force of NATO nations, which develops the Afghan Air Force, bought the simulator packages

  • Computer-controlling Airmen link base, cyberspace at Balad NCC

    World-wide computer connectivity has become the lifeblood of today's armed forces. Emails, shared drives and networked computers have replaced typewriters, phone calls and 8-inch floppy disks in the day-to-day completion of the mission.In a deployed environment like Joint Base Balad, network access