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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. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] 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. [ 10 ]
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.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P: 18 acquired by the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1964. 20 MiG-19s were used as trainer aircraft by the Afghan Air Force during the DRA era. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL: 40 fighters received from 1965 and serving up to 1996; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF: 70 fighters received from 1980 and serving up to 2001
On February 1, 1986, the staffing of military equipment and personnel of the Air Force and Air Defense was: [22] Personnel – 19,400 people (72% of the staff) Aircraft – 226, of which 217 (96%) were combat-ready; helicopters – 89, of which 62 were combat-ready; At its peak, the Afghan Air Force included: 90 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s [48]
Between 2012 and 2014 Shindand air base was used for U.S. led undergraduate pilot training of the Afghan Air Force. The U.S. military Crash, Fire, and Rescue which had officially started up in 2009, closed in November 2014, switching to contractors. [17] Shindand was home to the 3rd Wing of the Afghan Air Force until August 2021. [18]
former owned by Ariana Afghan Airlines [3] C-130 Hercules: United States: transport C-130H: 4 [1] Cessna 208: United States transport / utility: 24 [1] Pilatus PC-12: Switzerland: transport / utility PC-12NG: 18 [1] [4] assigned to the Special Mission Wing: Helicopters; Mil Mi-17: Soviet Union: utility: Mi-8/17: 95 [1] 56 aircraft are in use ...
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Royal Air Force (RAF Regiment) US Army: FOB to enable Force Protection and Joint Foot Patrols with US Marines and US Army. Named after SAC Luke Southgate who was KIA in an IED strike in the AOR. Approximate Location 31°33'20"N 65°48'24"E Macthab (Ballpeen) Makuan Mushan Nalgham Nejat Neshin (Neshan) Now Ruzi Pashmul South Sablaghay Sangsar