U.S. Advisers Continue To Struggle With Technology, Cultural Issues In Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz / August 26, 2010 at 8:32 PM
As U.S. troops prepare for a limited draw down in Afghanistan starting next July, American air advisers working to stand up the Afghan National Air Force continue to wrestle with significant technological and cultural hurdles within that nascent force, a senior service official tells Inside the Air Force . From the lack of reliable coordination with coalition forces to a military culture steeped in the guerrilla-type mentality of the mujahadeen, U.S. advisers within the ANAF are working tirelessly to address...

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