CASEVAC capability spreads through AAF

Afghan Air Force medics unload two patients from an ambulance as part of a casualty evacuation mission at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan May 14, 2013. This was the first-ever conduct CASEVAC mission on a Cessna 208 for the Kandahar Air Wing. AAF-wide, CASEVAC missions have increased 34 percent between December 2012 and April 2013. Thus far in May 2013 alone, AAF medics and aircrew have conducted 33 CASEVAC missions and moved 76 patients from battlefields, forward operating bases and clinics to more sophisticated medical hospitals. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Barry King II)

Warrior of the Week, Tech. Sgt. Taylor Rogal, 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group

Warrior of the Week, Tech. Sgt. Taylor Rogal, 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group.

Sky’s the limit: First female Afghan pilot graduates

Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani stands alongside the other four graduates of undergraduate pilot training just prior to receiving their pilot wings at a ceremony May 14, 2013 at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan. Rhmani made history May 14, 2013 when she became the first female to successfully complete undergraduate pilot training and earn the status of pilot in more than 30 years. She will continue her service as she joins the Kabul Air Wing as a Cessna 208 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Sky’s the limit: First female Afghan pilot graduates

Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani walks the flightline at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan prior to her graduation from undergraduate pilot training May 13, 2013. Rhmani made history May 14, 2013 when she became the first female to successfully complete undergraduate pilot training and earn the status of pilot in more than 30 years. She will continue her service as she joins the Kabul Air Wing as a Cessna 208 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

AAF Air University takes dynamic formal stride

Afghan Air Force Lt. Col. Raees Khan, PeH education planning officer, official hands over six newly signed training decrees to Col. Mahmood Rahman, Commandant of Pohantoon-e-Hawayee “Air University”, in a ceremony May 4, 2013 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. The development of the decrees was a team effort between the PeH leadership and their advisors from NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan. The implementation of these decrees marks the first time in the school’s history to have standard operating procedures for the teaching of the students. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Anastasia Wasem)

AAF Air University takes dynamic formal stride

Afghan Air Force Col. Mahmood Rahman, Commandant of Pohantoon-e-Hawayee “Air University”, and Lt. Col. Raees Khan, PeH education planning officer, sign six new training decrees in a ceremony May 4, 2013 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. The implementation of these decrees marks the first time in the school’s history to have standard operating procedures for the teaching of the students. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Anastasia Wasem)