US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots
Afghan Air Force First Lieutenants Ahmad Fawad Haidari and Abdul Saboor Amin pose for a photograph in front of the Mi-17 helicopter they will use during a training mission focusing on traffic patterns at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 24. Haidari and Amin are among the first Afghan pilots to complete flight training in the United States. Photo by Vladimir Potapenko, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing
The Long War Journal's coverage of the development of the Afghan Air Force can be found here.
