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June 20: An Afghan Army Mi-17 helicopter is lost in Kharwar base, Logar province. [9] June 16: An Afghan Army UH-60A damaged by a hit on the ground with an SPG-9 while refueling in Ghazni at a local base. [10] June 8: An Afghan Army Mi-17 helicopter was lost in Jaghatu district killing three and injuring one Afghan service member. The Taliban ...
A RAF Harrier GR7 aircraft followed the Nimrod down and the pilot saw a wing explode, followed a few seconds later by the rest of the aircraft. [ 5 ] The crash site was about 25 miles (40 kilometres) west-north-west of Kandahar Airfield (which is located 10 miles (16 kilometres) south-east of the city of Kandahar ) between two villages called ...
List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War
Video of the crash scene shows that the aircraft serial number was 11–9358, [18] msn 9358. The aircraft first flew in 2009 and was operated by the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron in the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node role. [19] The aircraft involved in the crash was one of only four in the United States Air Force. [3]
Military investigators are facing questions about why an F-35 stealth fighter jet went missing for more than 24 hours. Military investigators are facing questions about why an F-35 stealth fighter ...
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.
1 August 1987 – An Mi-6 aircraft crashed, killing one. [8] 13 August 1987 –An An-12 aircraft suffered combat damage. [8] 30 August 1987 – An Mi-8Mt operating at night shot down by MANPADS. [8] 29 September 1987 – An Mi-24 assault helicopter was shot down, killing two. [8] 8 October 1987 – An Su-17MZR suffered combat damage. [8]
The Afghan army has faced criticism for collapsing in the face of a Taliban offensive. Here's what an Afghan commander had to say about the loss.