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Latest Afghan Air Force Stories

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

By Dan Parsons / Updated Jun 2, 2022

U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 20, 2022

Dozens Of Afghan Helicopters Have Now Arrived At The U.S. Air Force’s Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 10, 2021

Trio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 20, 2021

Afghan Pilots That Fled To Tajikistan Are Finally About To Leave With U.S. Help

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 9, 2021

Taliban Show Off Captured Aircraft And Other Spoils After Taking Over Kabul’s Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 31, 2021

Here’s What The U.S. Military Left Behind At Kabul Airport

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 31, 2021

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 17, 2021

American Pilot Ejects From Afghan Air Force A-29 Light Attack Plane (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 9, 2020

The Afghan Air Force Just Can’t Quit The Hind Gunship Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 15, 2019

Pentagon Watchdog Slams U.S.-Backed Efforts to Expand The Afghan Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 10, 2019

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019

Afghanistan’s Rebuilt UH-60s Could Actually Hurt Its Warfighting Ability in the Near Term

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019

As First UH-60s Arrive, US Plan to Dump Afghan Mi-17s Is Still Problematic

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019

Afghanistan Is Getting More Ill-Suited Attack Choppers it May Not Even Be Able to Fly

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019