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Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley speaks with Airmen Sept. 4, 2011, at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. During his Airmen's call, Donley addressed questions about retirement benefits, manning levels and counterinsurgency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amber Williams)
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley speaks with Airmen Sept. 4, 2011, at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. During his Airmen's call, Donley addressed questions about retirement benefits, manning levels and counterinsurgency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley meets with Afghan Maj. Gen. Abdul Wahab Wardak Sept. 4, 2011, at the Afghanistan air force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Donley was in Afghanistan to meet with Airmen and officials there. Wardak is the Afghan air force commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)
by Capt. Jamie Humphries
438th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
9/8/2011 - KABUL, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited with coalition members here.
During his visit, Donley addressed questions about retirement benefits, current manning levels and counterinsurgency operations.
The secretary also spoke with Maj. Gen. Abdul Wahab Wardak, the Afghanistan air force commander, and visited the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Thunder Lab. The Thunder Lab is an English immersion program that provides students an opportunity to improve their English, aviation and professional skills prior to pilot training.
Donley also visited NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan personnel at Shindand, Afghanistan, during his trip.