Story by Kari Hawkins | U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command | 01.17.2018
Helicopter pilot training for the Afghan army at Fort Rucker is shifting to UH-60 Black Hawks now that the Russian Mi-17 training program has come to an end....
Story by Sgt. Lucas Hopkins | Resolute Support Headquarters | 08.06.2017
In recent operations throughout Helmand Province, the Afghan National Army 215th Corps has improved their casualty evacuation process with assistance from U.S. Marine advisors assigned to Task Force Southwest....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 03.08.2016
At Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, a small group of U.S. Air Force Train Advise Assist Command – Air advisors make up the 441st and 442nd Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons. The two squadrons are focused on working “shohna ba shohna,” or “shoulder to shoulder,” with the Afghan Air Force to develop a professional, capable and sustainable air force....
Story by Capt. Edith Sakura | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 10.08.2015
The Afghan Air Force has four C-130 Hercules airplanes and Tech. Sgt. Angel Gonzalez has a singular role as the C-130 maintenance supply liaison at Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) to order supplies and inventory parts and keep the Afghan “Herks” flying in support of Afghan National Army’s operations across Afghanistan....
Story by Master Sgt. Joey Swafford | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.27.2015
Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight recently used their experience and ingenuity to build a prototype boresight rack adapter for the Afghan Air Force....
Story by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 10th Combat Aviation Brigade | 10.28.2013
Barg-e-Matal district lies isolated in the heavily-wooded highlands of the Hindu Kush Mountains in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province. The few roads leading into the district, which borders Pakistan to its east and Kamdesh district to its south, are narrow and are in poor condition due to continuous landslides. Therefore, transporting supplies and personnel into the district comes......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Theanne Tangen | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.23.2013
Two Afghan air force flight medics from the Kandahar Air Wing used their medical skills to treat an injured Afghan soldier during a casualty evacuation mission with their NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisers Sept. 23....
Story by Capt. Anastasia Schmidt | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.19.2013
The new aerial gunner training program at the Kabul Air Wing graduated its first all-Afghan taught Mi-17 aerial gunner August 19 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan....
