First six Afghan Air Force UH-60 pilots

Six Afghan Air Force pilots have graduated from the first UH-60 Black Hawk Aircraft Qualification Training at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 20.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce

All six graduates were formerly from the Mi-17 community and volunteered to be the first to make the transition.

The conversion program is 16 weeks long, six weeks for Aircraft Qualification Training (AQT) and 10 weeks for Mission Qualification Training (MQT).