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  • Afghan Air Force aircrew members watch as peers practice litter carries onto an Mi-17 helicopter on Nov. 20, 2012 , the Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport. U.S. Air Force, AAF and other coalition forces members spent three days teaching basic medical training, medical and causality evacuation procedures to AAF flight engineers, pilots and aerial gunners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa K. Mekpongsatorn)

    Afghan Air Force advances battlefield support tactics

    1/24/2013 – KABUL-The commanders of the Afghan Air Force and NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan signed two operational decrees Jan. 23, 2013, implementing procedures to improve air response to Afghan battlefield casualties by the AAF’s new Cessna C-208 fleet and its Mi-17 helicopters. The decrees address the high-priority missions of evacuation of wounded personnel (CASEVAC) and [...]

  • Gulbagh – Coalition members from Camp Eggers and Camp Morehead’s Volunteer Community Relations groups unload and sort supplies at a local clinic in Gulbagh, Afghanistan, Dec. 7. All supplies, including winter jackets, shoes, toys, blankets and other clothing, were given out to local nationals from the surrounding villages. Photo by MC3 (SW) Sean Weir.

    Doubling up on efforts as volunteer groups join forces

    KABUL – NTM-A/CSTC-A’s Camp Eggers Volunteer Community Relations (VCR) committee partnered with the Camp Morehead VCR committee, handing out warm clothes and fuel to many of the neediest people in the seven villages surrounding Camp Morehead, Kabul, Dec. 7, 2013. Hundreds of people arrived at a local clinic near Camp Morehead to receive their share [...]

  • A female Afghan Uniformed Police cadet displays her diploma upon graduating from the Gardez Regional Training Center in Paktiya Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2013. This graduating class of females was the first-ever south of Kabul. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David J. Overson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

    New female recruits join Afghan police force

    Brig. Gen.Oryakhel added that Afghanistan needs female doctors, lawyers and engineers, but also needs female AUPs. And it’s great to see the females working shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts.

  • Afghan Air Force maintenance instructors and students gather around an Mi-17 engine in a classroom at the Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport, Nov. 14, 2012, assisted by Mongolian Air Force Mentoring Team Advisor Lt. Enkh-amgalan Sosorbaram (center), on his second deployment to the NATO Air Training mission. The Afghan AF’s newest 16 Mi-17 helicopter technicians crossed a stage Dec. 20, 2012 at the airport, receiving certificates from Afghan AF leaders, Mongolian advisors, and 438th Expeditionary Wing leadership. (Courtesy photo)

    Mongolian air mentoring team advances Afghan aircraft maintenance

    “Since the beginning of our work in 2010, we’ve graduated 130 students,” said Officer-in-Charge Lt. Col. Gankhuyag Zundui. Each class has been increasingly instructed and led by a team of Afghan instructors, he explained, with the adviser roles shifting from direct instruction to mentorship of the Afghan instructors throughout the course.

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