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AAF A-29 maintainers keep the fleet flying
Master Sgt. C.J. Virgil, Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) and 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron ammunitions advisor, trains with an Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano maintainer on the aircraft at Kabul Air Wing, Afghanistan, May 16, 2017. The AAF A-29 maintainers start their training by attending the Defense Language Institute for six months of English training followed by the International Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas to learn basic aircraft maintenance, then to Moody Air Force Base, Ga., for approximately nine months to attend training specific to the A-29. Advisors from TAAC-Air and civilian contractors work with the maintenance crews in Afghanistan for continuation training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce)

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Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce |  VIRIN: 170516-F-YR527-031.JPG