• Afghan flight medic course students and their Canadian mentors pose in front of a Mi-17 helicopter used for CASEVAC missions at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. (Canadian Armed Forces photo)

    First Afghan flight medic class graduates

    By NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan   Afghanistan recently celebrated the graduation of its first official flight medic course during a ceremony at the Afghan Medical Clinic located at Kabul Airfield. A Canadian advisory team developed the course after drawing upon its personnel’s own search and rescue (SAR) technician and flight surgeon experiences. Within [...]

  • Afghan air force Col. Mahmood Rahman and Lt. Col. Raees Khan sign six new training decrees in a ceremony May 4, 2013 at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee "Air University," in Kabul, Afghanistan. The implementation of these decrees marks the first time the school had standard operating procedures for the teaching of the students. Rahman is the commandant of PeH, and Khan is the school's education planning officer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Anastasia Wasem)

    AAF Air University takes dynamic formal stride

    by  Capt. Anastasia Wasem 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 5/8/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan — Taking one-step closer to becoming Ministry of Defense accredited, Afghan Air Force leadership at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee “Air University” signed six newly developed training decrees May 4 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan.   The implementation of these decrees marks the first time [...]

  • Helmand, Afghanistan-- Coalition and Afghan service members work together setting up an Air Transportable Treatment Unit (ATTU) at Camp Shorbak, March 4. The ATTU is the only Afghan military-led, surgery-capable facility in Helmand province. Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/IDW) Sean Weir.

    ANA gains first military surgery capabilities in Helmand

    Story by U.S. Navy Navy Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Sean Weir, NTM-A Public Affairs   (Camp Shorbak, Afghanistan) – Coalition and Afghan National Army service members worked together to create Afghanistan’s first Air Transportable Treatment Unit (ATTU) ­­at Camp Shorbak in Helmand Province in early May. It is the first of eight ATTUs scheduled [...]

  • KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Special Operations commandos prepare to conduct a mission in Kandahar Province Feb, 20, 2013. The operation was conducted with the Afghan Air Force’s 379th Rotary Wing Squadron, which is advised by NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan. The 379th RWS is part of the Kandahar Air Wing. The operation showcased the growing capability of the KAW and the AAF to work with the ANA in order to conduct joint missions.
 (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jeremy Powell)

    Afghan Air Force rises to its combat test

    by  Capt. Anastasia Wasem 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs 5/9/2013 – KABUL, Afghanistan– An Afghan National Army soldier looks up from his post near Tarin Khowt in the Uruzgan Province. He’s surrounded by rugged mountains, a flowing river, a green and vibrant valley and Taliban insurgents trying to overrun the area. The soldier, along [...]

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