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After evacuation, US-trained Afghan pilots want to return to the sky

Afghan airmen can’t wait to get back in the cockpit. Multiple hurdles stand in their way.

By Rachel S. Cohen

15 months ago

Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America

A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

150 MD-530s may be headed to Afghanistan

The DoD has awarded nearly $1.4 billion to procure an estimated 150 MD-530 Cayuse Warrior attack helicopters for Afghanistan.

By Shawn Snow

6 years ago

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