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  • Afghan Air Force flies surrendered weapons to Herat

    Approximately 230 small arms and two rocket propelled grenade launchers were collected in Chaghcharan and flown via the Afghan Air Force's Mi-17 transport helicopter to Herat on July 6, 2010. The weapons will be inspected and given to the Afghan National Police if they are serviceable or destroyed

  • Afghan Air Force Commander tours new Immersion Lab

    Brig. Gen. Michael Boera, the Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Maj. Gen. Mohammed Darwan, Afghan Air Force commander, tour the Afghan Air Force

  • Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Fleet Grows

    The Afghan Air Force received two new Mi-17 helicopters on July 8, 2010. These two aircraft are part of a purchase of ten new helicopters to be fulfilled by November 2010.The contract to purchase these ten aircraft is worth $155 million. The current AAF fleet includes 25 Mi-17 helicopters. This is

  • Biometrics Just a Part of Afghan Air Force Accountability

    The Afghan National Army Air Force (ANAAF) is taking its name change from the Army Air Corps as a fresh start for the quickly expanding youngest branch of the Afghan military. This means they are getting serious when confronting issues that may have plagued the Air Force in the past, such as

  • Afghan Air Force Delivers on First Air Drop

    Over the skies of Kalat, Afghanistan on the last day of June, a C-27 Spartan opens its bay door and two men step forward. They survey the target zone while making final preparations and with a well-practiced motion push the cargo out the back of the plane. Two seconds later the chute opens and the

  • Afghan Air Force performs Mi-17 sling load

    On July 1, the Afghan Air Force and Combined Air Power Transition Force advisors conducted an operational sling load with the Mi-17 transport helicopter from Kabul International Airport to Orgun-e in the Paktika province.Flying 12,500 feet above sea-level and carrying a 3,200 lbs. crate, the Mi-17

  • Afghan Air Force C-27 pilots - Double Up

    The Afghan Air Force's 373rd Fixed Wing squadron added another three C-27 pilots, doubling their numbers on July 3, 2010.Col. Kenneth Madura, the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group commander presented certificates of C-27 Initial Qualification to Col. Aimal Pacha Saydi, Maj. Qabil Khan and Capt.

  • 451st AEW marks first year in Afghanistan

    The 451st Air Expeditionary Wing celebrated its one-year anniversary July 2, marking the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for brand-new facilities on Kandahar Airfield.The 451st AEW was activated on July 2, 2009, when newly-arrived commanders on KAF faced the daunting task of transforming the