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Camp Dwyer was a military camp formerly of the United States Marine Corps located within the Helmand River Valley southwest of Garmsir in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. History [ edit ]
Dwyer Airport (IATA: DWR, ICAO: OADY) is a former military airport of Marine Expeditionary Brigade, located southwest of Lashkargah in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. See also [ edit ]
December 6: A UH-1 Iroquois crashed during takeoff Camp Rhino south of Kandahar, 2 US soldiers were slightly injured. [219] November 20: A UH-60 Blackhawk crashed in Afghanistan, the damaged helicopter was later destroyed in the ground by US forces. [220] November 2: A MH-53 crashed in Afghanistan, four servicemen were wounded in the crash. The ...
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The aircraft involved in the crash, registered as 4K-AZ25, was an Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft, powered by four Ivchenko AI-20M-6 turboprop engines. At the time of the incident, the aircraft was 53 years old as it was constructed in 1963 and delivered on 19 July of the same year to Soviet Air Force and after multiple leases finally in September 2015 became the property of Silk Way Airlines.
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Established in the 1950s, Bagram is the largest military air base in Afghanistan. It was a primary center for U.S. and allied forces for cargo, helicopter, and support flights. It has a 3,000-meter runway capable of handling heavy bomber and cargo aircraft.
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