Memorial Day is a day to ensure those who have fallen are never forgotten. And whether a few years, 20 years, or more, there can never be enough thanks given for those 13 who fought and made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan this past year.
Date Shot: 2017-11-05
Location: Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan
Language: ENGLISH
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds
Journalist: SrA Benjamin Bugenig
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Story Synopsis:
Afghan Air Force (AAF) pilots who have previously flown the Mi-17 are nearly done with the first stage of their training on the...
As advisors in Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air the tagline of âwe are working ourselves out of the jobâ is often used. The Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano maintainers are working to make that phrase a reality.
Recently, AAF A-29 maintenance leadership requested to take full responsibility for flight line maintenance operations from TAAC-Air advisors and contract maintenance.
On June 28, 2017, the Afghan Air Force conducted their first operational aerial resupply to Afghan National Defense Security Forces ground troops.
The crew delivered four bundles of supplies totaling 800 pounds from an AAF Cessna 208 to the Afghan Border Police at one of their forward operating bases.
Gen. Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air), Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13, 2017.
KABUL, Afghanistan--Four A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft arrived for duty at Kabul Air Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, March 20, 2017, where they will be used by the Afghan Air Force for close-air attack, air interdiction, escort and armed reconnaissance.
The latest arrivals, which traveled from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., bring the AAF A-29 inventory from eight to 12 aircraft in country.
There are still seven A-29s assigned to Moody...
