Story by Sgt. Lucas Hopkins | Resolute Support Headquarters | 12.19.2017
Several Afghan Air Force tactical air controllers worked to enhance their ability to direct aircraft during airstrike training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2017. The ATACs worked side-by-side with coalition advisors to direct notional airstrikes onto simulated targets in preparation for upcoming operations in Helmand province....
Story by OF-2 Kay Nissen | Resolute Support Headquarters | 12.27.2016
KABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces participated in air-to-ground integration training at a firing range here, Dec. 27, 2016....
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 | 08.25.2016
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 | 08.25.2016
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. Edith Sakura | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.29.2015
Afghan Air Force MD-530s and Mi-17 helicopters departed Hamid Karzai International Airport to participate in operations in Helmand province Sept. 27....
Story by Capt. Edith Sakura | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2015
Afghan Air Force MD-530 helicopters made a successful combat debut against insurgents in Nangarhar Province as Afghan National Defense and Security Forces continue clearing the districts of Khogyani, Sherzad and Hisarak....
Story by Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.23.2013
It started as any other training day for the crew of Jayhoon 11; however, events unfolded Sept. 7 which proved to be a true test of tactics, training and teamwork....
