Afghan air force pilots 1st Lt. Khial Shinwari (left) and Col. Almal Pacha (right) are the first two C-130 pilots in the AAF. They attended training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and returned to Afghanistan at the beginning of October. Shinwari and

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Afghan air force pilots 1st Lt. Khial Shinwari (left) and Col. Almal Pacha (right) are the first two C-130 pilots in the AAF. They attended training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and returned to Afghanistan at the beginning of October. Shinwari and Pacha will continue training in Afghanistan with advisers from NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan.

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