DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan

We will interview U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael R. Boera, Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan. Boera will discuss how the NATO organization has been charged with helping the government of Afghanistan expand and refine its air power capabilities in the Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF). During the roundtable, he will also provide an overview of CAPTF's current and planned efforts to grow the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) and the other air power organizations that contribute to Afghanistan's internal security. The NATO strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan centers on increasing the size and capabilities of Afghanistan's army and national police. Air power provides capabilities that enable all of Afghanistan's security forces to operate with greater efficiency. For this reason, the ANAAC will see a commensurate increase in size, and the capabilities of all nations will be called upon to help facilitate this growth.

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