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Mil Mi-35: As of 2015, 6 in Air Force service, to be partially replaced by 20 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano [7] Nieuport 24: Unknown number obtained from 1921; Pilatus PC-12: Special operations ISR/ light transport/ utility aircraft, operational from 2014; Potez 25: One obtained in 1928, destroyed in 1929
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
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) deteriorated following the collapse of Najibullah's government in 1992, and it was nearly eliminated by US/Coalition air strikes during Operation Enduring Freedom in late 2001. The new NATO-assembled Afghan Air Force gradually increased its aircraft inventory, personnel, and operational capabilities since at least 2007.
Afghan National Air Corps L-39 Albatross jets take off in a formation practice for the aerial parade in the upcoming Afghan National Day in Kabul, April 12, 2007. Afghan Air Force. 1 unit Active in 2024. [1] The Afghan Air Force operated as many as 26 L-39Cs from 1977 through 2001, but only three of them survived in 2001.
The Afghan Air Force was redesignated the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1947, a title it retained until the 1973 Afghan coup d'état. [2] [3] By 1960, the Royal Afghan Air Force consisted of approximately 100 combat aircraft including MiG-15 fighters, Il-28 light bombers, transports, and a few helicopters. [4]
July 20: A British Royal Air Force GR4 Tornado fighter jet crashed at Kandahar air base during takeoff at 7:20 a.m. The two pilots were injured after ejecting from the aircraft. [144] July 18: A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members. [145]
Pages in category "Military equipment of Afghanistan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of Afghan Air Force aircraft;
Unknown number captured from former Afghan police. [6] Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965: Romania: Assault rifle: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Zastava M70 Yugoslavia: Assault rifle: M70B1 rifles captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Samopal vz. 58: Czechoslovakia: Assault rifle [4] AKS-74U Soviet Union ...