451st Air Expeditionary Group
The 451st Air Expeditionary Group was a provisional United States Air Force USAFCENT unit. It was assigned to Kandahar Airfield and is also the host unit at Kandahar. It reported to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Air Base.
An MQ-1 Predator taxis for an Operation Enduring Freedom mission
451st Bomb Group B-24 Liberator
Three 451st Strategic Missile Wing Titan I missiles on alert about 1962
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter lands as an Army UH-60 Blackhawk prepares to pick up a patient
Kandahar International Airport
Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport, and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield, KAF), is located in the Daman District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, about 9 NM southeast from the city of Kandahar. It serves as the nation's second main international airport and as one of the largest main operating bases, capable of housing up to 250 aircraft of different sizes. The current head of the airport is Maulvi Fathullah Mansour.
Photos captured during NATO's occupation
The airport was designed by American engineers in the early 1960s.
Aerial view of the airport in 2005
Night view of the airport in 2007