An Afghan air force airman prepares to move cargo with a forklift for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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Two Afghan air force airman prepare cargo netting for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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An airman from the Afghan air force prepares cargo netting for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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An Afghan air force airman prepares cargo netting for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Winga are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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An Afghan air force airman prepares cargo netting for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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An Afghan air force airman and Master Sgt. Robert Weatherly, 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, work together to move cargo for a recent shipment of AAF helicopter parts at Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Deployed Airmen here at the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing are responsible for setting the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. Sergeant Weatherly is deployed from Joint Base Andrews, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Williams)

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Master Sgt. Chad Weaver, an aerial port adviser assigned to the 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, advises an airman from the Afghan air force on how to fasten a cargo strap at the Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2011. The deployed Airman is responsible for helping set the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force. Sergeant Weaver is deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

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439th and AAF Airmen load helicopter parts

Published July 11, 2011
By Capt. Jamie Humphries
438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Airmen from the Afghan air force and 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron in Kabul, Afghanistan, worked together June 6, 2011, to prepare AAF helicopter parts for shipment to a forward-deployed location. The U.S. Air Force members work in an advising role with the AAF aerial port members to help set the conditions for a professional, fully independent and operationally-capable Afghan air force.