15-Jan-09 574 Mil Mi-17 Adraskan district, Herat province, Afghanistan (13F)
15-Jan-09 574 Mil Mi-17 Adraskan district, Herat province, AFghanistan
View ArticleAfghan Air Corps conducts first Mi-17 & Mi-35 Combined Operation
The Afghan National Army Air Corps’s 377th Rotary Wing Squadron conducted their first combined operation mission on May 13th, 2010 using two Mi-17s for transport and two Mi-35s to provided air...
View ArticleAfghan Air Force performs Mi-17 sling load
On July 1, 2010, the Afghan Air Force and Combined Air Power Transition Force advisors conducted an operational sling load with the Mi-17 transport helicopter from Kabul International Airport to...
View ArticleAfghan Mi-17s start live fire training
The Afghan Air Force performed its first Mi-17 Live Fire at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul on August 1, 2010. This was the first validation of the training syllabus from the Russian...
View ArticleAfghan Air Force learning to fire rockets from helicopters in Kandahar
Afghan Air Force helicopter pilots and crews in Kandahar began learning how to plan, handle and execute Mi-17 helicopter live weapons fire by firing more than 100 air-to-ground rockets. The...
View ArticleAfghan Air Force helicopter fleet grows
On Oct. 4, 2010, the Afghan Air Force received delivery of four new Mi-17 V5 helicopters, bringing the current fleet to 31, sixof which are the latest V5 variant. This is part of a purchase of ten...
View ArticleDefense Technology donate Mi-17 safety documentations to Afghan Air Force
Defense Technology Inc. (DTI) announced today that they had donated the historical maintenance bulletins for the Mi-17 aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. The Mi-17 manufacturers (OEMs) regularly issue...
View ArticleAfghan Air Force completes first 100 hour Mi-17 inspection
The Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing (KAW) recently completed its first 100-hour maintenance phase inspection on a Mi-17 transport helicopter. A nine-person Afghan Tiger Team from Kabul, plus NATO...
View ArticleAfghan Air Force begins first local Mi-17 overhaul
The Afghan air force transported a Mi-17 helicopter to Afghanistan Rotary Logistics at the Kabul International Airport, Jan. 16, as part of the implementation of the AAF’s first local maintenance...
View ArticleMilestone for Afghan Air Force means better trained pilots
The Afghan air force reached a new milestone with the opening of the pilot training program recently here. The first Afghan pilots began their eight-week instruction course early in January with a...
View ArticleFirst US trained Afghan pilots begin Mi-17 qualification course
The first two Afghan Air Force helicopter pilots to complete basic pilot training in the U.S. recently began the “Initial Mi-17 Qualification Course†meant to convert them into Mi-17 helicopter...
View ArticleTwelve graduate AAF Mi-17 helicopter engine and body maintenance course
Twelve Afghan Air Force Airmen graduated from the Mi-17 helicopter engine and body maintenance course at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan March 26, marking just the second time AAF...
View ArticleUS trained AAF pilots advance in Mi-17 course, designated co-pilots
The first two Afghan air force helicopter pilots to complete basic aviator training in the U.S. recently became qualified as co-pilots in the Mi-17 helicopter, the focal point of the AAF’s...
View ArticleKandahar Air Wing achieves medevac milestone
A combined team of Afghan air force and coalition members conducted the first dedicated Mi-17 medical evacuation mission April 11 here. The team moved an Afghan National Army officer, who incurred a...
View ArticleNATO Allies and Russia put their trust in Afghan Air Force
Thanks to the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund, the Afghan Air Force is receiving the tools to operate its helicopter fleet more efficiently. Launched on 2 March 2011, the...
View Article11-May-11 209 Mil Mi-17 Paroon, Afghanistan
Crashed into a tree in Paroon, Nuristan, while four helicopters were landing inside a compound of National Directorate of Security, Nuristan governor Jamaluddin Badr said
View Article15-Jun-11 707 Mil Mi-171 Mandapul, Afghanistan
Helicopter ended up on its port side with the tail boom broken
View ArticleRAF officer trains first female Afghan helicopter pilots
The RAF’s youngest female pilot, Flying Officer Emma Atkinson, is currently training Afghanistan’s first female Air Force helicopter pilots in a small office tucked away in a corner of Kabul’s airport....
View ArticleAfghan AF completes first year of Mi-17 intermediate maintenance
Defense Technology Inc. announced today that they completed teaching one year of Mi-17 intermediate level maintenance training for the Afghan Air Force. Â Over thirty Afghan soldiers have now graduated...
View ArticleMaintenance advisers certify first Afghan Air Force expediter
Maintenance advisers recently certified the first Afghan Air Force flight line expediter at Kandahar Air Wing. A direct maintenance commander delegate on the flight line, an expediter is responsible...
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