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  2. List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in ...

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    Afghan authorities began an investigation on the event. [11] [12] May 10: An Afghan Army MD 500 helicopter crashed in Kandahar province injuring the occupants. [13] April 1: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the Afghan Air Force was shot down in Nahri Saraj District of Helmand Province. Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed the helicopter "crash ...

  3. Bagram Airfield - Wikipedia

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    This image shows aircraft of the Afghan Air Force during U.S. President Eisenhower's visit in 1959.. In the 1950s, Bagram airfield was originally built by the Soviet Union [11] during the early period of the Cold War, at a time when the United States and the neighboring Soviet Union were spreading political influence in Afghanistan.

  4. Tarnak Farm incident - Wikipedia

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    F-16 pilots Major William Umbach and his wingman Major Harry Schmidt were returning to their base after a 10-hour night patrol. While flying at 23,000 feet (7,000 m), they reported surface-to-air fire. The fire was actually from a Canadian Forces anti-tank and machine-gun exercise, which was taking place on a former Taliban firing range.

  5. Afghan refugee in fatal training flight crash in Independence ...

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    A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license ignored his flight instructor's advice to not return to the Independence State Airport because of low visibility earlier in December.

  6. Men who died in Oregon small plane crash were Afghan Air ...

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    Three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon were Afghan Air Force pilots who fought with the American military and came to the U.S. as refugees after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in ...

  7. Afghan Air Force (1978–1992) - Wikipedia

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    The Afghan Air Force (Pashto: افغان هوايي ځواک, Persian: قوای هوایی افغانستان), officially known as the Afghan Air Force and Air Defense and sometimes referred to as the DRA Air Force or DRAAF, [1] was the aerial warfare branch of the Afghan Armed Forces from 1978 until the dissolution of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in April 1992.

  8. Afghan air force pilot reflects on life as a refugee in Chicago

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  9. Afghan Air Force - Wikipedia

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    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.