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An Afghan Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter takes off on a mission Afghan MD 530F firing off its gun pods This is the list of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, prior to the 2021 Taliban offensive . Inventory prior to Taliban takeover
Used as a basic trainer. [2] Cessna 208B: 24 aircraft currently in service; Cessna AC-208: 10 aircraft currently in service de Havilland DH.9A: Two added in 1924; de Havilland R-1: 16 obtained from 1924 to 1926; Embraer A-29 Super Tucano: Advanced fixed wing trainer and COIN Attack aircraft. 26 aircraft in service with AAF. [3]
The aircraft was operated extensively during the Soviet–Afghan War, mainly for bombing Mujahideen fighters. When the U.S. supplied heat-seeking Stinger missiles to the Mujahideen, the Soviet Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters proved to be favorite targets of the rebels. It is difficult to find the total number of Mi-24s used in Afghanistan. [14]
The Mil Mi-24 and Mi-35 (export model) attack helicopters have a long history in Afghanistan. The aircraft was operated extensively during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, mainly for attacking mujahideen fighters. Early in the war, the only anti-air weapons of the mujahideen were Soviet made shoulder-launched, heat-seeking SAMs and American ...
An Afghan military helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Ghor province in western Afghanistan, killing at least one person, the Taliban defense ministry said. The helicopter was on a rescue mission ...
July 14, 2009: A Mi-26 helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing the six Ukrainian crewmembers. The aircraft belonged to Pecotox Air, a Moldovan aviation firm. [247] February 14, 2008: A Kazakhstan registered (UN-76020) IL-76 operated by Asia Continental Airlines was damaged beyond repair after an engine fire in Kandahar Airport. [248]
104,000 M16A2 and M16A4 variants used. [3] Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [1] Colt Canada C7 Canada: Assault rifle: 2,500 captured from former Afghan Army AK-47 Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] Type 56 China: Assault rifle: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] AKM Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] AK-74 Soviet Union ...
Combat aircraft; MiG-21 Soviet Union: Fighter aircraft: 45+ [33] MiG-21FLs, MiG-21PFMs, and MiG-21bis variants [34] MiG-17 Soviet Union: Fighter aircraft: 90+ [35] Mostly grounded by the end of the 1980s. [34] MiG-27 Soviet Union: Ground-attack aircraft: unknown [36] MiG-23 Soviet Union: Fighter-bomber: 15 [21] Su-22 [34] Soviet Union: Fighter ...