KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States has delivered five attack helicopters to the nascent Afghan Air Force (AAF), providing it with an expanded capability to support ground combat operations.
The five new MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters arrived at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on June via a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, California,
Lt. Col. Bill Ashford, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron commander, said:"These latest (MD-530s) have the capability to fire rockets or .50-caliber machine guns and sighting systems . . .
