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Sunday, August 05, 2007

Operation Shukran

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Campbell, right, greets the commanding pilot of an MI-17 helicopter flight crew assigned to the Afghan National Army Air Corps prior to "Operation Shukran" at Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. Campbell is assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan out of Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


Helicopter maintainers from the Afghan National Army Air Corps check over the maintenance records for an MI-17 helicopter prior to a mission at Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. U.S. Air Force members acted as mentors to the Afghan National Army Air Corps soldiers and are assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan headquartered at Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


Helicopter crew members assigned to the Afghan National Army Air Corps mount a door gun on their MI-17 helicopter prior to "Operation Shukran" at Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Capt. Ronald Stencel, left, talks about maintenance issues with Lt. Col. Abdul Shafi, of the Afghan National Army Air Corps, at Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. Shafi is the Afghan National Army Air Corps senior aircraft maintenance engineer operations group commander. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


An MI-17 helicopter flight engineer assigned to the Afghan National Army Air Corps gives a status report to his commanding pilot during a mission flown from Kabul International Airport, during "Operation Shukran" in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. U.S. Air Force members acted as mentors to the Afghan National Army Air Corps soldiers and are assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan headquartered at Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


An MI-17 helicopter door gunner assigned to the Afghan National Army Air Corps keeps a watchful eye during a mission flown from Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Padilla congratulates members of an MI-17 helicopter flight crew assigned to the Afghan National Army Air Corps at Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, July 26, 2007. The Afghan National Army Air Corps MI-17 flight crew successfully completed a mission during "Operation Shukran," where for the first time an Afghan National Army Air Corps flight crew successfully in-filled and ex-filled Afghan National Army Air Corps commandos during the joint Afghan National Army Air Corps International Security Assistance Force operation. Padilla is the Combined Air Power Transition Force commanding general, which is part of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan headquartered at Camp Eggers, Kabul, in Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi




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