said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Coalition troops responded and retrieved the pilot and were securing the crash site north of the airfield, said Capt. Bryan Bouchard, an Air Force spokesman on the base. The pilot was under evaluation Tuesday evening at Craig Joint Theater Hospital on the base.
Date: Mar 29, 2016
Category: World
Source: Google
Quake levels areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan; toll expected to rise
Bagram Airfield, the massive coalition military airfield about 30 miles north of Kabul, also experienced significant shaking, said Capt. Bryan Bouchard, an Air Force spokesman stationed there. The base, which is home to a fighter wing with F-16 jets and other aircraft, shook for what felt like a min