While providing logistics support for an aviation task force in Afghanistan, a forward support company trained Afghan airmen on forward arming and refueling point operations.

More than 220 U.S. airmen work out of Kabul and Kandahar with the goal of getting the Afghan air force self-sufficient by 2017. Since it began in 2007, the training mission has had major stumbles.

An Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucano aircraft flies during an airstrike training mission on the outskirts of Logar province, in a Oct. 18, 2016 file photo. Getty ...

The five-day training qualified the Afghan air force airmen to safeguard both personnel and aircraft during flights, as well as provide landing zone security. The students received detailed ...

She prepared 20 student pilots, including three female members of the Afghan air force and male rotary-wing pilots to fly the Russian-made Mi-17, and contributed to nonflying aspects of all pilot ...

The five-year program ultimately trained more than 30 A-29 student pilots and 70 maintenance technicians serving in the Afghan air force.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A chronic problem with desertions among airmen sent to the United States for training is adding to the woes of the Afghan air force, which is struggling to rebuild.

Afghan Air Force surgeon, Col. Amine, hosted medical personnel from the Afghan Border Police, and Afghan National Police to complete rotary wing air evacuation training on Dec. 21, 2014.

Raytheon tapped for Afghan air force maintenance training The company on Thursday announced a $108 million contract to develop a new program to help Afghanistan create a self-sustaining air force.

Despite the fact airdrop training was included in training curriculum, TAAC-Air advisors chose to not provide Afghan tactical air coordinators with training or advising on airdrop operations.

The Taliban is trying to revive the Afghan Air Force by using and repairing aircraft inherited from the former Afghan government. But the scarcity of trained pilots, a spate of deadly accidents ...