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if this is true how many planes were there and which models?
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Originally posted by Elite Pakhtun -
that one does look like mig17 i guess some of them were mig 21s .Originally posted by Adam View Post
wonder how many and which planes Afghanistan had prior to 2001.
In the 1980s, the government of Babrak Karmal established a nominally national armed forces with the help of the Soviets. The International Institute for Strategic Studies' The Military Balance for 1985/1986 estimated the number of air force personnel at 7,000 in 1985. This included members of the Air Defense Command. There were about 150 combat aircraft. All of these were obsolete or obsolescent, Soviet made varieties and included: 4 squadrons with some 50 MiG-17s fighter aircraft; 3 squadrons with some 40 MiG-21 fighter aircraft; 2 squadrons comprised of about 25 Su-7B ground attack aircraft; and a squadron composed of 12 Su-17 ground attack aircraft. There were also 3 squadrons with a total of 20 I1-28 light bombers. Transport aircraft included about 15 An-26 shorthaul transports. The Air Force had a mix of about 30 Mi-4, Mi-8, and Mi-24 helicopters. There were also reconnaissance and training aircraft. The Air Defense Command was equipped with antiaircraft guns and surface to air missiles.Last edited by ډګروال; 05-31-2013, 09:46 PM.
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The Taliban Army possessed over 400 T-54/55 and T-62 tanks and more than 200 Armoured personal carriers.[1]
The Afghan Air Force under the Taliban maintained five supersonic MIG-21MFs and 10 Sukhoi-22 fighter-bombers.[2] They also held six Mil Mi-8 helicopters, five Mi-35s, five L-39Cs, six An-12s, 25 An-26s, a dozen An-24/32s, an IL-18, and a Yakovlev.[3]
Their civil air service contained two Boeing 727A/Bs, a Tu-154, five An-24s, and a DHC-6.Comment
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if you don't have air defenses, anything parked on the ground is as good as gone.There are people today who think that admitting God’s absolute greatness decreases the value and importance of humans in the creation, as if God and mankind are rivals competing in greatness and power. Meanwhile I feel that whenever our perception of God’s greatness increases, with it we become greater, because we are the creation of a great God.
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these are the pathetic planes Afghanistan got under the tag "US builds Afghan airforce"
these planes are pure garbage compared to any other country.
these look like a bunch of lousy private sport planes.
we Afghans should have atleast a dozen of Albatros L39s.
such a shame considering that a dirty punk such as son of haji qadir has 360 million dollars. Feeling very sorry for Afghan airforce.Comment
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