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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

An Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator looks through binoculars at the “training target” on a firing range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

An Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator checks out the azimuth and elevation of his “training target” on a firing range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

Afghan Tactical Air Coordinators review targeting efforts prior to calling-in an air strike at a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

A 250-pound bomb is dropped by an A-29 Super Tucano, called-in by an Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator, on a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

A Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) Czech Republic air advisor writes down training objectives during an exercise at a bombing range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The coalition team advised the Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force on coordinainge live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The Afghan Tactical Air Controller, or ATACs, coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

Afghan Tactical Air Coordinators and coalition advisors listen to training objectives prior to their exercise at a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

Afghan Tactical Air Coordinators call-in an air strike at a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016, while a Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) Czech Republic air advisor assists from the rear. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

Afghan Tactical Air Coordinators coordinate targeting efforts prior to calling-in an air strike at a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 Super Tucano and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator training

A 250-pound bomb is dropped by an A-29 Super Tucano, called-in by an Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator, on a training range near Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2016. The Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force coordinated live-fire training for A-29 and MD-530 “Jengi” attack aircraft. The ATACs coordinate requests for air casualty evacuation, close air support, aerial resupply and airlift. They also deconflict air-to-ground fires from ground-to-ground fires for ANA operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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MD-530F Cayuse Warrior

The MD-530 provides close air attack and aerial escort capability with two .50-caliber machine guns with rockets being added in the near future. (U.S. Air Force photo/released)
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Afghan Air Force C-208 operations

An Afghan Air Force C-208 maintainer prepares the aircraft for flight at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch/released)
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Afghan Air Force flight line operations

An Afghan Air Force crew chief and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) advisor, prepare an aircraft for flight at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch/released)
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Shoulder-to-Shoulder in Afghanistan

Maj. Carl Miller, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) instructor pilot, goes through pre-flight checklists with his Afghan Air Force counterpart on a training mission at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2015. The TAAC-Air mission is to train, advise and assist the AAF to be a capable, professional and sustainable air force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch/released)
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Shoulder-to-Shoulder in Afghanistan

A Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) advisor (left) and his Afghan Air Force counterpart (right) prepare the back of a C-130 for a mission at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch/released)
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Memorial at TAAC-Air

Frank Alessi, a contractor at Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) in Kabul, Afghanistan, takes a moment to say, "good-bye" to two military colleagues who died in a helicopter crash Oct. 11, 2015, at a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Oqab. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Fuller/released)
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Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Afghan Air Force hosted the “Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force” fly over event at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2016. Ghani to a large crowd of Afghan National Army, AAF and coalition partners of the capabilities of the A-29, MD-530F, C-130, Mi-17, PC-12 and C-208 aircraft, and praised the young air force. The flying service was re-established in 2008 after it had ceased to exist following the collapse of the Soviet-backed Afghan regime in 1992. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Afghan Air Force hosted the “Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force” fly over event at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2016. Ghani to a large crowd of Afghan National Army, AAF and coalition partners of the capabilities of the A-29, MD-530F, C-130, Mi-17, PC-12 and C-208 aircraft, and praised the young air force. The flying service was re-established in 2008 after it had ceased to exist following the collapse of the Soviet-backed Afghan regime in 1992. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force

Afghan pilots and maintainers stand before A-29 Super Tucano at the “Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force” aerial demonstration event at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2016. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressed a crowd of Afghan National Army, Afghan Air Force and coalition partners and spoke of the capabilities of the A-29, MD-530F, C-130, Mi-17, PC-12 and C-208 aircraft, and praised the young air force. The flying service was re-established in 2008 after it had ceased to exist following the collapse of the Soviet-backed Afghan regime in 1992. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force

An Afghan Air Force C-130 Hercules flies over the crowd at the “Re-birth of the Afghan Air Force” event at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2016. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressed the Afghan National Army, AAF and coalition partners, and spoke of the capabilities of the A-29, MD-530F, C-130, Mi-17, PC-12 and C-208 aircraft. He also praised the young air force for their efforts in the 2015 Fighting Season and Winter Campaign. The flying service was re-established in 2008 after it had ceased to exist following the collapse of the Soviet-backed Afghan regime in 1992. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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NATO secretary general visits Afghan air force, TAAC-Air

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General (middle), takes a few moments to speak to a hangar full of Afghan and Coalition military and civilian contractors during his visit to Afghan Air Force‬ and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) personnel March 16, 2016, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan. He wanted to learn about the air force missions and reaffirm support to NATO’s international partners‬. (U.S. Air Force photos by Capt. Eydie Sakura/released)
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