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Timothy Ray, the U.S. General who is in charge of building the Afghan air force, on a visit to New York, had praises for the Czech training of Afghan helicopter pilots and the work of the Czech mechanics. Czech military experts are currently training Afghan pilots how to fly Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters and maintain them as well. This training is being conducted both in he Czech Republic and in Afghanistan. The Afghan air force comprises of 5000 out of 8000 planned members. Training is being given to pilots in Afghanistan, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic. Timothy Ray called the training imparted by the Czech instructors as excellent and he also appreciated the skillfulness of Czech air mechanics, who are experienced with Russian military equipment, unlike their colleagues in NATO.

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Graham Henry announced the end of his coaching career as All Blacks coach, at the University clubrooms in Auckland. Henry started his senior coaching career at the place where he announced his retirement. He has to his credit an extraordinary success rate of 85.4 out of 100 tests during a span of his eight years coaching New Zealand.
Henry showed gratitude to all those who interacted with him in his coaching career particularly his family, his New Zealand Rugby Union Bosses, as well as the world cup winning squad.