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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 ...
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; List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Libyan Civil War (2011) List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Syrian Civil War
Sri Lanka Air Force Harbin Yunshuji Y-12 II SCL-857 crashes near Haputale, Sri Lanka.All four people on board are killed. [4]8 January An Afghan National Army Mil Mi-35 crashes in Farah Province, Afghanistan, killing two pilots.
The pilot, Mohammad Hussain Musawi, 35, and the two passengers, Mohammad Bashir Safdari, 35, and Ali Jan Ferdawsi, 29, died in the crash in Independence, which caused a brush fire and power outage.
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 ...
The crash site was 130 kilometers (70 nmi) southwest of Kabul, and near the village of Sado Khelo. [3] [4] Voice of America stated that all five people on board were killed. [5] The U.S. Department of Defense only confirmed two fatalities recovered at the crash site. [6] [7] Two Afghan locals died on the ground as consequence of the crash. [2]
The last fatal airplane crash in Afghanistan came in 2020, when a U.S. Air Force Bombardier E-11A crashed in Ghazni province, killing two American troops. Gambrell reported from Jerusalem.
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.