{"id":21362,"date":"2024-01-22T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=21362"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:03:18","slug":"afganistan-piloto-najibullah-amini-formacion-de-vuelo-academia-de-aviacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/01\/22\/afghanistan-pilot-najibullah-amini-flight-training-aviation-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Desafiando a la gravedad: El viaje de un afgano para obtener su licencia de piloto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d53c32\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los ojos de Najibullah Amini siempre han estado fijos en el cielo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde ni\u00f1o, Amini ve\u00eda sobrevolar los aviones estadounidenses y so\u00f1aba con ser piloto. Esperaba poder unirse alg\u00fan d\u00eda a la lucha de Estados Unidos contra los talibanes. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d552e1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d55df6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5649d\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Quer\u00eda sentirme libre como un \u00e1guila, dejando atr\u00e1s los problemas terrenales\", recuerda Amini. \"Desde arriba, quiero hacer frente a la inestabilidad y contribuir a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor para vivir\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nacido en la provincia de Ghazni, en el sureste de Afganist\u00e1n, su sue\u00f1o parec\u00eda inalcanzable. Su familia se enfrentaba a la pobreza, la falta de acceso a la educaci\u00f3n, la discriminaci\u00f3n \u00e9tnica y las trabas del gobierno.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pesar de los numerosos obst\u00e1culos, Amini, que ahora tiene 32 a\u00f1os, complet\u00f3 la Academia de Aviaci\u00f3n de las Fuerzas A\u00e9reas Afganas y la formaci\u00f3n avanzada en Europa. Pero tras la ca\u00edda del gobierno afgano en 2021, Amini escap\u00f3 a Estados Unidos, donde su sue\u00f1o de convertirse en piloto titulado contin\u00faa en una escuela de vuelo de Lansing, Illinois.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Cuando llegu\u00e9 a Chicago, mir\u00e9 al cielo y me promet\u00ed que alg\u00fan d\u00eda yo tambi\u00e9n volar\u00eda en este cielo\".<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-winding-path-to-the-aviation-academy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El sinuoso camino hacia la academia de aviaci\u00f3n\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De ni\u00f1o, Amini recuerda a su familia huyendo del r\u00e9gimen opresor de los talibanes a Quetta (Pakist\u00e1n) a finales de los a\u00f1os noventa. Su familia se vio obligada a tejer alfombras para sobrevivir, lo que supuso interrumpir su educaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 2002, Amini regres\u00f3 a Afganist\u00e1n en la era postalib\u00e1n. Reanud\u00f3 los estudios en su ciudad natal, el distrito de Nawur, en Ghazni. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Como segundo hijo de su familia, Amini desempe\u00f1\u00f3 un papel activo en la obtenci\u00f3n de ingresos y la gesti\u00f3n de las finanzas. En<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hac\u00eda malabarismos con las tareas nocturnas como vigilante para mantener a su familia y financiar su educaci\u00f3n durante el d\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tras aprobar el examen de acceso a la universidad (Concours), una prueba estandarizada similar al American College Test (ACT), empez\u00f3 a estudiar ingenier\u00eda civil en la Universidad Avicena de Kabul en 2013.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tres a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, Amini recibi\u00f3 una llamada de la Academia de Aviaci\u00f3n de las Fuerzas A\u00e9reas Afganas con una oferta de admisi\u00f3n. Era una llamada que llevaba tiempo esperando.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d57bbf\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-19583\" class=\"post-19583 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to category-visuals tag-afghansoccer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/07\/18\/chicago-afghan-refugees-soccer\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/23.06.13-Afghan-Soccer-2-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/07\/18\/chicago-afghan-refugees-soccer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Estos afganos de Chicago han construido una comunidad en el campo de f\u00fatbol<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/saleha-soadat\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Saleha Soadat\">Saleha Soadat<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/07\/18\/chicago-afghan-refugees-soccer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">18 de julio de 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Pilotar es mi sue\u00f1o\", dijo Amini. \"Durante mi emigraci\u00f3n a Pakist\u00e1n, me entusiasmaba la idea de ser piloto cada vez que o\u00eda o ve\u00eda pasar por el cielo aviones estadounidenses que iban a Afganist\u00e1n a luchar contra los talibanes. Pensaba en m\u00ed mismo con la esperanza de formar parte alg\u00fan d\u00eda de ese escuadr\u00f3n de aviaci\u00f3n\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero para muchos j\u00f3venes afganos, sobre todo los que, como Amini, no pertenecen a la etnia past\u00fan, la m\u00e1s numerosa de Afganist\u00e1n, este sue\u00f1o sigue siendo inalcanzable. Cursar estudios de aviaci\u00f3n es competitivo y a menudo requiere el respaldo de figuras influyentes del gobierno afgano. Amini pertenece a la etnia hazara, que ha sufrido una historia marcada por la limpieza \u00e9tnica, los impuestos injustos y el saqueo de sus hogares, seg\u00fan grupos de derechos humanos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Para entrar en el campo de la aviaci\u00f3n, alter\u00e9 mi identidad \u00e9tnica y religiosa varias veces en los formularios de ingreso para poder presentarme a la prueba de acceso\", dijo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"an-above-average-student-who-needed-little-guidance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Un alumno por encima de la media que necesitaba poca orientaci\u00f3n\".<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justo cuando los sue\u00f1os de Aimini despegaban, sufri\u00f3 un rev\u00e9s con la inesperada muerte de su padre. El fallecimiento le afect\u00f3 mucho.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aun as\u00ed, Amini comenz\u00f3 sus estudios en la Academia de Aviaci\u00f3n de las Fuerzas A\u00e9reas Afganas dos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s. Pero el peso del dolor de su padre le impidi\u00f3 compartir esta buena noticia con su familia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Mi hermano mayor, ahora agobiado por las responsabilidades familiares tras el fallecimiento de nuestro padre, descubri\u00f3 esta noticia dos meses despu\u00e9s y coment\u00f3: 'Cometiste un gran error al cambiar de campo de estudio'\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero Amini no est\u00e1 de acuerdo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la Academia de Aviaci\u00f3n de las Fuerzas A\u00e9reas Afganas, Amini dedic\u00f3 un a\u00f1o a intensos estudios te\u00f3ricos y pr\u00e1cticos de aviaci\u00f3n, especializ\u00e1ndose en el pilotaje de diversos helic\u00f3pteros. El exhaustivo curso abarcaba la formaci\u00f3n de piloto en m\u00faltiples helic\u00f3pteros, entre ellos el Robinson 4, el Enstrom 48 y el Black Hawk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Termin\u00f3 sus estudios en Afganist\u00e1n y continu\u00f3 su formaci\u00f3n de piloto en la Academia de Aviaci\u00f3n DSA de Hradec Kralove. Tras siete meses, Amini mejor\u00f3 sus habilidades form\u00e1ndose en Eslovaquia, donde se centr\u00f3 en los helic\u00f3pteros UH-60A Blackhawk en la Academia de Formaci\u00f3n Eslovaca hasta enero de 2020. Amini ha acumulado m\u00e1s de 400 horas de vuelo en helic\u00f3pteros UH-60A Blackhawk. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5b7fe\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Amini, abajo a la izquierda, con sus compa\u00f1eros pilotos del Rotor Wing Class WKRP 10903-2 en octubre de 2019.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Cortes\u00eda de Najibullah Amini<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5c5f5\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James M. Papp, piloto retirado y experto t\u00e9cnico y t\u00e1ctico de alto nivel del Ej\u00e9rcito de Estados Unidos, sirvi\u00f3 como instructor y piloto est\u00e1ndar en Afganist\u00e1n e Irak. Papp expres\u00f3 su admiraci\u00f3n por el duro trabajo y la persistencia de Amini.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Se gradu\u00f3 como uno de mis mejores alumnos, demostrando un rendimiento superior a la media\", dijo Papp. Fue elegido para recibir formaci\u00f3n avanzada de vuelo en el helic\u00f3ptero UH-60 (Blackhawk) y destinado al Ala de Misiones Especiales (SMW-777)\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esta unidad proporciona a las Fuerzas Especiales de Seguridad Afganas (ASSF) alcance operativo y capacidad de inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento para misiones antiterroristas y antinarc\u00f3ticos, explic\u00f3 Papp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Amini era un alumno por encima de la media que necesitaba poca orientaci\u00f3n\", a\u00f1adi\u00f3 Papp. \"Su eficaz comunicaci\u00f3n con los instructores y compa\u00f1eros y su gran actitud le llevaron a la excelencia en todas las fases de formaci\u00f3n. Era un estudiante trabajador y dedicado, por lo que fue un placer trabajar con Najib.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papp recuerda el impacto que le caus\u00f3 enterarse de la muerte del padre de Amini cuando se conocieron, lo que le hizo prestar m\u00e1s atenci\u00f3n a la dedicaci\u00f3n y determinaci\u00f3n de Amini. Papp reconoci\u00f3 la discriminaci\u00f3n que sufr\u00eda Amini por su origen \u00e9tnico.  \"Najib forma parte de una minor\u00eda \u00e9tnica llamada hazara, hist\u00f3ricamente perseguida y marginada en la sociedad afgana. A pesar de la adversidad, son una comunidad que valora el trabajo duro y la educaci\u00f3n. La mayor\u00eda de mis alumnos hazara, incluido Najib Amini, destacaron en su formaci\u00f3n de forma constante y mantuvieron una actitud buena y humilde.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero justo cuando Amini estaba desarrollando sus habilidades, el colapso del gobierno afgano en 2021 amenaz\u00f3 con hacer descarrilar su sue\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hacia las 9 de la ma\u00f1ana de agosto de 2021, el comandante de la unidad inform\u00f3 a otros pilotos en formaci\u00f3n de que los talibanes hab\u00edan entrado en la ciudad de Kabul y el presidente Ashraf Ghani hab\u00eda escapado a Uzbekist\u00e1n. \"La \u00fanica opci\u00f3n que nos quedaba era asegurar los medios de aviaci\u00f3n en la medida de lo posible, o los talibanes nos matar\u00edan y har\u00edan un uso indebido de los equipos de aviaci\u00f3n\", dijo Amini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En un esfuerzo r\u00e1pido y de emergencia, Amini y sus compa\u00f1eros ejecutaron la evacuaci\u00f3n a Uzbekist\u00e1n de unos 43 helic\u00f3pteros de combate que transportaban 500 pasajeros, entre ellos 16 altos cargos del antiguo gobierno afgano.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Durante la misi\u00f3n de evacuaci\u00f3n, Amini y sus compa\u00f1eros se enfrentaron a cazas de la aviaci\u00f3n uzbeka en Uzbekist\u00e1n, lo que provoc\u00f3 su detenci\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Tras aterrizar en el aeropuerto de Termez, cerca de la frontera con Afganist\u00e1n, el gobierno uzbeko nos detuvo durante 27 d\u00edas\", recuerda Amini. \"Me preocupaba que nos deportaran a Afganist\u00e1n, enfrent\u00e1ndonos en \u00faltima instancia a la amenaza de los talibanes\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La intervenci\u00f3n estadounidense facilit\u00f3 su liberaci\u00f3n, pero el periplo de Amini le llev\u00f3 a un campo militar en Abu Dhabi y posteriormente a Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"flyingis-like-polishing-my-mind\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Volar... es como pulir mi mente\".<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5d662\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/241210_Afghan-Pilot_Web_03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">El piloto Amini remolca el helic\u00f3ptero Robinson 22 hacia la pista en la Escuela de Vuelo SummerSkyz en Lansing, Illinois, el 1 de enero de 2024. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Saleha Soadat para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5e54d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un mi\u00e9rcoles reciente, Amini se encontr\u00f3 en la cabina de un R22, volando a miles de metros del suelo. Su instructor le gu\u00eda en la navegaci\u00f3n del helic\u00f3ptero Robinson R22. La aeronave es conocida por sus desaf\u00edos, especialmente para los principiantes. El R22, un helic\u00f3ptero peque\u00f1o y \u00e1gil, exige una gran habilidad y coordinaci\u00f3n para volar con seguridad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero Amini est\u00e1 tranquilo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tras escapar de Afganist\u00e1n y establecerse en Estados Unidos en 2022, Amini revivi\u00f3 su sue\u00f1o de obtener la licencia de piloto en Illinois.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle Menger, instructora de vuelo certificada y piloto de la SummerSkyz Flight School de Lansing (Illinois), reflexiona sobre la capacidad de Amini para adaptarse r\u00e1pidamente. Su experiencia previa le ha permitido suavizar la transici\u00f3n con aeronaves diferentes como el R22, que suele presentar una curva de aprendizaje pronunciada debido a su potencia reducida y a la ausencia de autoestabilidad, lo que requiere cierta adaptaci\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Menger observ\u00f3 la excelente capacidad de navegaci\u00f3n de Amini en los vuelos iniciales y reconoci\u00f3 su adaptabilidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Amini tiene experiencia en un Blackhawk, por lo que cambiar a un helic\u00f3ptero Robinson 22 mucho m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o conlleva una curva de aprendizaje\", dijo Menger. \"Con mucha menos potencia y sin autoestabilidad, el R22 puede llevar alg\u00fan tiempo. Afortunadamente, ten\u00eda algunas horas en el R22 y el R44 antes de venir a SummerSkyz, as\u00ed que la transici\u00f3n no le llev\u00f3 demasiado tiempo.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d7d56d5f51f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; 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Conduce para un servicio de viajes compartidos para pagarse la formaci\u00f3n de piloto en la SummerSkyz Flight School. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amini est\u00e1 intentando recaudar $40.000 para completar su formaci\u00f3n, que incluye un certificado de piloto privado, una licencia de piloto comercial y una licencia de habilitaci\u00f3n instrumental.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pesar del elevado coste, no se inmuta. Eso se debe a que se siente m\u00e1s c\u00f3modo en el cielo, donde cree que puede marcar la diferencia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Volar para m\u00ed es como pulir mi mente\", dijo Amini. \"Cada vez que vuelvo del cielo al suelo, siento que mi mente se refresca y est\u00e1 lista para afrontar mayores retos y tareas\".<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Najibullah Amini super\u00f3 la discriminaci\u00f3n \u00e9tnica, la pobreza y el opresivo r\u00e9gimen talib\u00e1n para perseguir su sue\u00f1o de convertirse en piloto. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":21346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[531],"coauthors":[339],"class_list":{"0":"post-21362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-as-told-to","8":"tag-afghanpilot"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How an Afghan Man Followed His Dream of Becoming a Pilot &#8211; 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