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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 ...
The main reason the revolt spread so widely was the disintegration of the Afghan army in a series of insurrections. [93] The numbers of the Afghan army fell from 110,000 men in 1978 to 25,000 by 1980. [94] The U.S. embassy in Kabul cabled to Washington the army was melting away "like an ice floe in a tropical sea". [95]
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]
Blackwater aircraft had been operating in Afghanistan under contract with the U.S. military to transport troops and supplies throughout the country. All six people aboard the aircraft died in the crash, including one who initially survived but later died awaiting rescue. [1]
U.S. troops in Afghanistan had better equipment, training and funding than the Taliban. AP Photo/Rahmat GulThe speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation ...
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.
In 2006, the Afghan National Army Air Corps was established, and was renamed the Afghan Air Force in 2010 while remaining part of the Afghan National Army. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Since 2007, the U.S.-led Combined Air Power Transition Force, renamed the NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan in 2010, aimed to rebuild and modernize the Afghan Air Force. [ 11 ]