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9 Americans Dead After Afghan Army Officer Opens Fire

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Eight American troops and a U.S. contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire during a meeting at Kabul airport - the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his coalition partners, officials said. The Afghan officer, who was a veteran military pilot, fired on...

Five Females Seeking to Fly for Afghan Air Force

This is the second in a series of stories by our special correspondent about military aviation issues linked to the war in Afghanistan. Read also the growing pains of the Afghan air force and about the U.S. Air Force's transporter dilemma. KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 30) -- Masooma Hussaini's path to becoming one of the...

Deadlines Loom as Afghans Struggle to Build Air Force

This is the first in a series of stories by our special correspondent about military aviation issues linked to the war in Afghanistan. Read also about female pilots in the Afghan air force and about the U.S. Air Force's transporter dilemma. KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 30) -- Building an air force almost from scratch would...

Background on afghan air force

The Afghan Air Force or Afghan National Army Air Force (Persian/Dari:قوای هوایی اردوی ملی افغانستان), formerly the Afghan National Army Air Corps, is a branch of the military of Afghanistan that is responsible for air defense and air warfare.

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