An Afghan Mi-17 pilot, left, gives the "thumbs-up" before his first orientation flight in an Afghan Air Force UH-60A Black Hawk , 2017, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Six Afghan helicopter pilots have been selected as the first class to retrained to the airframe. The UH-60 is part of a multi-year modernization effort for the growing Afghan Air Force.

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