The US federal authorities are in search of two Afghanistan men, who went missing from the Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.
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In a news release issued Tuesday night, base officials said the two students didn’t report on Monday to “their regular maintenance training” with the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force base.
Two Afghan Air Force trainees have vanished from an Air Force Base in United States where they were undergoing training and shortly before their graduation, it has been reported. He added that the U.S.-based training is intense and sometimes foreign service members forget to obtain proper authorization before leaving the base.
Base officials said efforts were underway to locate the students as soon as possible.
The trainees have been stationed at Moody Air Force Base (AFB) since February.
The Air Force said the The 81st Fighter Squadron is a “tenant unit” at Moody AFB, and falls under command of the 14th Operations Group and 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The base is near Valdosta, Ga. off of Interstate 75.
The Afghan personnel are being trained on the A-29 Super Tucano Light Air Support aircraft, which is a turboprop plane designed for light attack and aerial reconnaissance missions.
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They were scheduled to graduate from the program next week with the rest of their class and, after a short break, return to Afghanistan.
