Story by Staff Sgt. Richard Andrade | International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs | 10.22.2013
The capabilities of the Afghan air force are expanding with an early-morning delivery of Mi-17 V5 transport helicopters at the Kabul International Airport, Oct. 22, 2013. NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan Mi-17 special mission aviator advisors are stepping back, allowing the AAF to conduct their own missions, setting the conditions for Afghanistan to have a professional, fully......
Story by Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 10.09.2013
The Afghan air force became the 70th country to own and operate C-130 aircraft, during an arrival ceremony Oct. 9 at Kabul International Airport Afghanistan....
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....
Story by Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.22.2013
Afghan Air Force security forces students at Pohantoon-E-Hawayee “Air University” participated in an urban operations training exercise Sept. 22 at the campus fire training pad....
Story by Capt. Anastasia Schmidt | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.16.2013
At a time when all aspects of the Afghan air force are continuing to grow and flourish, the Kandahar Air Wing Fire Department is no different. During 2013, advisers with NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan, have begun to step away from training as the Afghans themselves begin to take over both training and operations....
Story by Capt. Anastasia Schmidt | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.11.2013
After undergoing more than three and a half months of additional flight training with advisers from NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan, the Afghan air force graduated its first two instructor pilots in a ceremony Sept. 11, at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan....
Courtesy Story | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.10.2013
Representing the culmination of months of joint collaboration, Maj. Gen. Abdul Wahab Wardak, Afghan Air Force commander, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force commander, and Brig. Gen. John Michel, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan commanding general, signed the newly created Flying Hours and Mission Essential Tasks operating instructions, Sept. 10....
Story by Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe | 438th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.01.2013
Three brand-new Mi-17 helicopters arrived in the belly of a Russian Antonov An-124 Sept. 1 on the Afghan Air Force ramp of Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, at 8 a.m....
