This is the list of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, prior to the 2021 Taliban offensive.
Inventory prior to Taliban takeover
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
Cessna 208 | United States | ground attack / ISTAR | AC-208 | 10 | ||
A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | COIN / attack | 19 | |||
Transport | ||||||
Boeing 727 | United States | VIP transport | 1 | former owned by Ariana Afghan Airlines | ||
C-130 Hercules | United States | transport | C-130H | 4 | ||
Cessna 208 | United States | transport / utility | 24 | |||
Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | transport / utility | PC-12NG | 18 | assigned to the Special Mission Wing | |
Helicopters | ||||||
Mil Mi-17 | Soviet Union | utility | Mi-8/17 | 95 | 56 aircraft are in use with the Special Mission Wing | |
Mil Mi-24 | Soviet Union | attack | Mi-25 | 8 | ||
Bell UH-1 | United States | utility | UH-1H | 10 | ||
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama | France | utility | 3 | |||
Sikorsky UH-60 | United States | utility | UH-60A | 16 |
References
- ^ "World Air Forces 2021". Flightglobal Insight. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "World Air Forces 2018". Flightglobal Insight. 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- "Afghan AF acquires 3 Boeing 727s". Air Forces Monthly. Key Publishing: 30. December 2014.
- "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
- "The Afghanistan Special Mission Wing". www.armyaviationmagazine.com.
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