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......
Story by Capt. Jason Smith | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.17.2016
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Airmen from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air), traveled from Kabul to Shindand Air Wing July 17, 2016, for a multi-purpose visit. The group traveled on a C-130H to attend a meeting between commanders, troubleshoot a simulator and pick up test equipment that needed transported back to Kabul....
Story by Staff Sgt. John Hillier | Air National Guard | 06.10.2016
ANG Airmen, along with operator instructors from the Air Force Reserve Command and coalition partners, make up the Train, Advise, Assist Command - Air's (TAAC-Air) 538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. Over the next five years, the Air National Guard is expected to send several dozen C-130H instructors to TAAC-Air to train Afghanistan Air Force pilots and aircrew....
Courtesy Story | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.25.2015
Although headquartered in Kabul, Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air also has a group of less than 40 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers in Kandahar performing the same mission of building a professional, capable and sustainable Afghan Air Force....
Courtesy Story | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.07.2015
For the first time since the fall of the Taliban, the Afghan Air Force academy, Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, graduated its first class of 184 new officers, May 7, 2015, during a ceremony in the university’s conference hall....
