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TAAC-Air helps celebrate 95th birthday

Brig. Gen. David Hicks, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) and 438th Expeditionary Wing commander, stands as part of the official party during a ceremony celebrating the Afghan air force's 95th birthday at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2016. Members of TAAC-Air attended the ceremony marking the historic occasion. TAAC-Air advisors work shoulder to shoulder with AAF members to strengthen the AAF’s war fighting capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. During his visit, Goldfein learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Goldfein met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Goldfein spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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CSAF visits HKIA: discusses joint warfighting effort

Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2016. Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, joined Goldfein as they met with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) leadership and received briefings about the progress of the Afghan air force. Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th AEW and TAAC-Air commander; Col. Nick Gismondi, TAAC-Air deputy commander and 438th AEW vice commander; and many other TAAC-Air members learned about the joint warfighting effort during a mission briefing and inspection of Afghan air force capabilities. Goldfein and Grant spent time talking with Airmen and Soldiers to learn about their contributions to ongoing operations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes and Capt. Jason Smith)
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Recruiting the Afghan air force - 'country's future'

Afghan Air Force Lt. Col. Yaqubi Munir, lead recruiting officer, speaks to an interpreter at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2016. The AAF recruiters have a strong partnership with U.S. Airmen from Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air), and the two organizations are constantly fine-tuning the process to get the best and brightest young Afghans into the AAF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Recruiting the Afghan air force - 'country's future'

Master Sgt. Patrick Cone, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air), poses with Afghan air force recruiters, Maj. Ehsanullah Niazay, Capt. Muhammed Hakim, and Lt. Col. Yaqubi Munir at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2016. Cone and the AAF members work shoulder to shoulder to come up with different ways to advertise and gain the interest of Afghans aged 18-26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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AAF medics learn to convert aircraft for patients

Afghan air force medical personnel practice securing a litter to the floor of a C-208 for medical transport at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2016. Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) personnel work closely with their AAF counterparts to regularly conduct training so that they can remain proficient in their respective skill sets. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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AAF medics learn to convert aircraft for patients

Afghan air force medical personnel load a patient onto a C-208 aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2016, as part of patient transport training. Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAC-Air) personnel work closely with AAF members to regularly conduct training so they can remain proficient in their respective skill sets. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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AAF medics learn to convert aircraft for patients

A member of the Afghan air force medical squadron practices removing a seat from a C-208 for medical transport at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2016. Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAC-Air) members work closely with AAF members to regularly conduct training so they can remain proficient in their respective skill sets. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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AAF medics train how to configure aircraft for patient transport

Col. Steven Ward, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing/Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAC-Air) medical advisor, talks to members of the Afghan air force about how to configure a C-208 for patient transport during training at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 27, 2016.He looked on as the AAF medics practiced removing seats and securing litters to the floor of the aircraft. TAAC-Air advisers work regularly with AAF members to conduct training so they can remain proficient in their respective skill sets. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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Hicks visits Mazar-e-Sharif

Lt. Col. Dan Craig, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) engineer, briefs Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and TAAC-Air commander, and Afghan Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab, during a visit to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 21, 2016. Craig took the group to look at aircraft ramp projects in support of future AAF operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith)
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Hicks visits Mazar-e-Sharif

Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) commander, taxis an A-29 Super Tucano at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 21, 2016. Hicks and Afghan Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab visited multiple leaders during a visit to the TAAC-North Headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith)
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Hicks visits Mazar-e-Sharif

Brig. Gen. David Hicks, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) commander, and Afghan Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab, visited multiple leaders at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, July 21, 2016. Hicks piloted an A-29 Super Tucano to the TAAC-North Headquarters where he first met with German Brig. Gen. Hartmut Renk, TAAC-North commander. Hicks was joined at the office call by Wahab who also flew to Mazar-e-Sharif in an A-29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith)
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Leaving on a jet plane

Afghan Mi-17 helicopters are loaded onto an AN-124 at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2016. The helicopters are being shipped to the Czech Republic for maintenance and repairs. Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) personnel worked with the Afghan air force and the Non-Standard Rotary Wing program office to schedule the helicopters for heavy repair while still maintaining the AAF’s war fighting capabilities with the other aircraft in the fleet. Mi-17s are capable of direct attack, close air support, search and rescue, and cargo and medevac transport. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes)
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