AFAFRICA APF Mauritania
9/3/2014 - ATAR, Mauritania -- The last full day of training during the African Partnership Flight Mauritania took place Sept. 3, 2014, at Atar Airbase and included a group Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance planning exercise, an ISR field capstone event, and the arrival of two Mauritanian A-29B Super Tucanos and a Cessna-208 Grand Caravan.
The students from six African nations who participated in the week-long classroom training completed lessons in ISR, ground and air safety procedures, and air operations center management. The presentation of their APF Mauretania graduation certificates will take place during the event's closing ceremony scheduled for Sept. 4, 2014.
"[This training] is very important and beneficial to exchange skills and share experiences for improving [our nations here in Africa]," said a Burkina Faso student.
Following the last formal classroom training session, Col. Mohammad Lehreitani, Mauritania Air Force chief in command, meet with the students and asked them about the training they had received and what they learned from this event.
"This training is good for African forces to strengthen ties of brotherhood and exchange aviation modes," said a student from Senegal.
The final event allowed students and other distinguished visitors to view the Mauritanian Air Force intercepting and engaging a simulated threat using ISR capabilities.
"It was really interesting to see how everything we learned was put into use," said a Mauritanian student.
This is the third APF event this year and the first one the Mauritanian government has co-hosted. It focused on ISR training at the request of the Mauritanian government.
About 55 African air force airmen attended the APF premiere training event designed to build aviation capacity, enhance regional cooperation, and increase interoperability throughout the region while growing international aviation knowledge and developing stronger air force partnerships.
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