More Afghan Pilots Flying A-29 Super Tucanos

Education/training is definitely intrinsic to success. Now combat pilots need to work on efficiency and a significant reduction in the number of civilian casualties, based on reports. {•_•}
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The A-29 Super Tucano turboprops supplied to the Afghan Air Force by the U.S. have flown hundreds of combat missions amid concerns over mounting civilian casualties caused in the airstrikes, Gen. John Nicholson said Thursday.

"We've grown our pool of pilots to around 20" for the eight A-29s now in Afghanistan, said Nicholson, commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and NATO's Resolute Support mission, at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Since the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucanos became operational in April 2016, they "have done in excess of 800 missions" flown by the Afghan pilots trained at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Nicholson said.