US Air Force boosts air power in Afghanistan

An A-10C from the 303rd EFS taxies down the flight line at Kandahar Airfield on January 19. USAF/Staff Sgt Sean Martin THE US Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) has moved additional aircraft to Kandahar Airfield (KAF) to provide increased air power support to the Afghan military and US forces supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and the Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan. The additional aircraft and airmen come under the command of the geographically separated host unit, the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW),