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  • Desertions Slow Progress of Afghan Air Force Training in U.S.

    12/18/2015 6:17:27 AM PST · by bgill · 11 replies
    NYTimes ^ | Dec. 17, 2015 | Mujib Mashal
    The latest case involves two airmen who were last seen at Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Ga., on Dec. 4, two weeks before they were scheduled to graduate and return to duty in Afghanistan. They are still being sought...Most of the Afghan airmen now being trained at Moody Air Force Base are pilots and maintenance crews for 20 new Brazilian-made A-29 light attack planes, bought for the Afghans by the United States at a cost of $427 million...Colonel Lawhorn said a total of 80 Afghans were now being trained at eight American air bases. General Wardak gave a higher...