NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan

NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan (NATC-A) was a NATO command, subordinate to NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan (NTM-A), whose mission was to train the Afghan Air Force; it was activated in September 2010, alongside the simultaneous deactivation of its predecessor, the Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF). This reflected a change from a primarily US-led and staffed mission to one that encompassed many other NATO countries.

NATC-A was in turn replaced by Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) in January 2015, as the NATO mission in Afghanistan transitioned from the International Security Assistance Force to the Resolute Support Mission.