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Afghan president welcomes first Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopters

Afghan senior government and international military officials stand while the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces band plays during the beginning of the official arrival ceremony for the first UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the country, Oct. 7, 2017, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Leaders signed an official transfer of ownership and performed a ceremonial ribbon cutting celebrating the newest addition to Afghanistan’s young air force fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Afghan president welcomes first Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopters

Brig. Gen. Phillip Stewart, commander 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air, speaks in front of the first Afghan UH-60 Black Hawk during a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 7, 2017, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Stewart said the UH-60 will be an important step in the modernization of the Afghan Air Force, which is slated to double in size in the coming years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Afghan president welcomes first Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopters

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani passes in review of Afghan National Security and Defense Force honor guard Oct. 7, 2017, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Ghani ceremonially cut the ribbon officiating the arrival of the first two UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan Air Force fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Afghan president welcomes first Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopters

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, left, ceremonially touches the Afghan national flag to his face Oct. 7, 2017, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Ghani attended an inaugural ribbon cutting, commemorating the arrival of the UH-60 helicopter to the Afghan Air Force fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Faithful First: Chaplain air advisor launches dialogue, exchange supporting growing Afghan Air Force

Staff Sgt. Chris O’Neil, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain assistant and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air air advisor, listens in during a meeting with Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Basir, Religious and Cultural Affairs officer with the Afghan Air Force, Sept. 14, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. During advising meetings outside a secured base, O’Neil provides security for the chaplain, who as a non-combatant does not carry a weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Faithful First: Chaplain air advisor launches dialogue, exchange supporting growing Afghan Air Force

Chaplain (Maj.) Chris Conklin, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air air advisor (right), takes notes during a meeting with Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Basir, head of the Afghan Air Force Religious and Cultural Affairs office, Sept. 14, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Conklin provides coordination and advice on the organization of religious support in the developing Afghan Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Faithful First: Chaplain air advisor launches dialogue, exchange supporting growing Afghan Air Force

Staff Sgt. Chris O’Neil, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain assistant and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air air advisor, listens in during a meeting with Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Basir, Religious and Cultural Affairs officer with the Afghan Air Force, Sept. 14, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. During advising meetings outside a secured base, O’Neil provides security for the chaplain, who as a non-combatant does not carry a weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Faithful First: Chaplain air advisor launches dialogue, exchange supporting growing Afghan Air Force

Chaplain (Maj.) Chris Conklin, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air air advisor, (right) stands next to Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Basir, the head of the Afghan Air Force Religious and Cultural Affairs office, Sept.14, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Conklin provides training, assistance and advice on the organization of religious support in the developing AAF as the first air advisor chaplain in TAAC-Air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Faithful First: Chaplain air advisor launches dialogue, exchange supporting growing Afghan Air Force

Chaplain (Maj.) Chris Conklin, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air air advisor to the Afghan Air Force Religious and Cultural Affairs office (right), meets with his counterpart Afghan National Army Col. Abdul Basir, head of the Afghan Air Force Religious and Cultural Affairs office (left), Sept. 14, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Conklin provides assistance and advice to the RCA as the team grows to accommodate an increase in organizational size of the Afghan Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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Safety visits Mazar-e-Sharif

Master Sgt. Antran Pack, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) weapons safety advisor, examines the storage of bombs at Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2016. Pack traveled to Mazar-e-Sharif from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, to perform a site visit of current facilities and to learn about a munitions field depot scheduled to be constructed starting in December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Safety visits Mazar-e-Sharif

Master Sergeants Antran Pack and Rick Page, both Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) safety advisors meet with Army Capt. James Mehr and Mr. Arthur Kungel, both members of the Army Corps of Engineers to look over blueprints and plans of a munitions field depot scheduled for construction at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2016. Construction on the new depot is scheduled to begin in December with completion expected in July. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Engineers clear field

Capt. Erik Blum, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) civil engineer advisor, directs an excavator from a trench during a field clearing mission at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2016. Civil engineer advisors took on the project to clear a field of reeds that had grown to an excess of 15 feet, preventing security forces members manning an entry control point from being able to properly view the surrounding area.
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Engineers clear field

Civil engineer advisors from Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) clear a field surrounding an entry control point at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2016. The team cleared an area of 350-meters long, 20-meters wide, and 7-meters deep of reeds that had grown in excess of 15 feet.
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Engineers clear field

Master Sgt. Thomas Ryan, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) civil engineer advisor, starts an excavator before clearing reeds in a field at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2016. The excavator was loaned to TAAC-Air by the Afghan Air Force civil engineer squadron so that the area could be cleared of reeds that were preventing security forces members manning an entry control point from having a clear view of their surrounding area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Engineers clear field

Master Sgt. Thomas Ryan, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) civil engineer advisor, operates an excavator while clearing reeds from a field at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2016. Ryan cleared an area about 350-meters long, 20-meters wide and 7-meters deep of reeds that had grown in excess of 15 feet tall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Engineers clear field

Capt. Erik Blum watches as Master Sgt. Thomas Ryan removes reeds from a 7-meter deep trench at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2016. The Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) civil engineer advisors worked to clear a field of reeds in excess of 15-feet tall. The height of the vegetation had become a force protection concern for security forces personnel manning an entry control point who couldn't properly see past the field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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CFACC visits TAAC-A

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander and Air Component commander for CENTCOM, talks with Master Sgt. Deborah Enoch, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief executive assistant, during his visit to Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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CFACC visits TAAC-A

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander and Air Component commander for CENTCOM, address a group of coalition forces during a visit to Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 5,2016. Harrigian also received a tour of some of the aircraft in the Afghan Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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CFACC visits TAAC-A

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Becky Magoun, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) MD-530 pilot advisor, turns on the heads-up display on an MD-530 for Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander and Air Component commander for CENTCOM, during his visit to Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith)
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CFACC visits TAAC-A

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander and Air Component commander for CENTCOM, discusses the capabilities of the MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopter with members of the Afghan Air Force and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) during a visit to Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Oct. 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith)
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