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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

14 months ago

Meet the first Afghan Special Forces instructor pilot trained in-country

One of Afghanistan’s elite pilots is now not only flying the helicopters he grew up watching on television, but he's teaching others to fly them, too.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

Afghanistan takes delivery of first Black Hawks

The U.S. has delivered the first two of a planned 159 U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

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