Afghan airmen have received training for the first time on how they would use signaling equipment to alert help if their aircraft go down. This is part of the broader survival skills that NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors are teaching them. As part of the training, which took place Nov. 3 at the Blackwater Training Range in Kabul, the Afghans shot several different types of signaling flares and learned how to use mirrors and other items to show their locations to rescue aircraft. “Some of these guys have been being advised for four to five years, but they only within the past seven months have gotten equipment,” said MSgt. Jeremy Raymond, an NATC-A/438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group advisor. (Kabul report by MC3 Jared E. Walker)
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
