Story by Staff Sgt. Alexander Riedel | United States Air Forces Central | 08.17.2017
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 17.
Story by Maj. Jon Quinlan | 507th Air Refueling Wing | 04.24.2017
A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Holmes | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2016
Afghan air force cadets graduated from the officer candidate school at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, or Air University, during a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2016. The class of 195 graduates spent a year at PeH learning the English language, leadership and aviation studies....
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.25.2016
Writer’s note: This is a first-person account attempting to accurately describe what flight feels like in an MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopter. Although I’ve been in the Air Force for a very long time, I am not a pilot, and I’ve rarely touched the controls while flying. I’ve been a passenger on many, many fixed-wing aircraft. Most notably, I was once in the pilot’s seat of a B-1B......
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.25.2016
KABUL, Afghanistan – Four new MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters arrived at Hamid Karzai International Airport Aug. 25, 2016, via a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The four helicopters, scheduled to be the final four delivered to the Afghan air force, brings the AAF total number of MD-530s to 27....
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.01.2016
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan air force recruiters at Kabul Air Wing are looking for young men and women who have what it takes to become the next generation of Afghan air force officers. Afghans, ages 18-26, are being actively recruited by the AAF for positions like pilot, engineer and maintenance officer, to name a few. The AAF recruiters have a strong partnership with U.S. Airmen from......
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.21.2016
KABUL, Afghanistan – Lt. Col. Michael Hreczkosij assumed command of the 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron in a ceremony officiated by Col. Troy Henderson, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group commander, July 21, 2016. Hreczkosij arrived from the 6th Special Operations Squadron, Duke Field, Fla., where his unit is responsible for combat air advising to partner nation special......
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.21.2016
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan air force commander, and 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) commander, visited multiple leaders at Mazar-e-Sharif July 21, 2016. In a productive visit for both bosses, AAF Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab and Brig. Gen. David Hicks received briefings and attended office calls in a full day of flying and meetings. Hicks......
