Afghan Air Force Reaches Training Milestone

Source / copyright : Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

ASDNews: Feb 18, 2011

The nascent Afghan Air Force has reached a milestone in its capabilities by achieving 2,000 hours of flight time in the C-27 Spartan transport aircraft. The 2,000th hour occurred during a passenger transport mission from Kabul to Kandahar on 10 February 2011. Under the NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan mission, a variety of countries, including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Croatia and the United Kingdom, have assisted in the development of the Afghan Air Force during the past few years.