Afghan Air Force to get 159 Black Hawks, but it doesn’t even have the pilots to fly them

Afghan Air Force to get 159 Black Hawks, but it doesn’t even have the pilots to fly them

The U.S military is scheduled to provide the Afghan government with 159 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as part of an effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and make the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) less reliant on coalition aircraft for their operations. However, a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction […]

Afghan Air Force to get 159 Black Hawks, but it doesn’t even have the pilots to fly them

Afghan Air Force to get 159 Black Hawks, but it doesn’t even have the pilots to fly them

The U.S military is scheduled to provide the Afghan government with 159 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as part of an effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and make the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) less reliant on coalition aircraft for their operations. However, a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction […]

Civic Action Projects Are Very Important in Special Operations Missions

Civic Action Projects Are Very Important in Special Operations Missions

When mentioning Special Operations missions, the talk generally centers around those direct action missions, the raids on suspected terrorists’ locations, and the like. Everyone likes those linear, tangible missions and the results are much easier to gauge the success or failure from. But in the Unconventional Warfare or Counterinsurgency environment, the results are harder to […]