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Afghan crew attempts to fly Black Hawk, they crash

by thebesig••45

The Taliban’s defense ministry reports that a U.S. made Black Hawk crashed, killing at least three crew members. Five others were wounded. Afghanistan did have US trained pilots, but they fled as it became evident that the previous Aghan government was going to fall and be replaced by the Taliban.

From the Associated Press:

ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least three Afghan crew members were killed Saturday when a U.S.-manufactured Black Hawk helicopter they were flying crashed, the Taliban’s defense ministry said.

The statement said that five others were wounded in the accident during a training session overseen by Afghanistan’s defense ministry at the capital of Kabul.

It is not known how many U.S. choppers remain in the hands of the Taliban government. As the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed in mid-August last year, dozens of Afghan pilots fled to Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Afghan air force pilots played a key role, alongside their U.S. counterparts, in the 20-year war against Taliban insurgents that ended with the departure of foreign troops last year. The airstrikes inflicted heavy casualties among the Taliban and repeatedly drove them from positions they had seized in different parts of the country.

The Associated Press has more information here.

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45 thoughts on “Afghan crew attempts to fly Black Hawk, they crash”

  1. Always figured the Taliban wouldn’t be able to fly the aircraft we left behind…at least not very far.

    1. Hey, they did fly it as far as the crash site, so there is that.

      At least when the ARVN Pilots ran out, they took their choppers with them. It’s almost like it was the plan for the Affy pilots to leave their aircraft for the Tally Bans. Too bad we can’t target the locations of all the equipment that was left behind with some Tomahawks…or just nuke the site from orbit…it’s the only way to be sure.

      I have exactly ZERO (0) phuques to give for these dead mofos.

    5. Speaking of not going far, trying to fake being one of you guys does not get me far.

      Fixed.

      -thebesig

  3. Guess their pilots went to “The Bernath Center for Terrorists Who Can’t Fly Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too.”

  5. A Board Of Inquiry investigation will show that the pilots killed were lacking in the requisite training for operating the aircraft. None of them completed their Diversity and Recognizing White Supremacy courses.

  7. I can’t believe those left behind did not have some sort of IFF
    related hardware that without the proper codes would not get
    them far. Or even better, controlled from afar. Just sayin.

  12. A damned expensive way to kill off some TallyWhacker MooseLimbs, but I’ll take any small victory I can get right now.

  16. Collective has various meanings, depending on the context. Man gots to know his left from his right, hat from his glove.

    It helps to read the instructions before trying to fly stuff.

  21. At this rate of failure, I can predict with confidence that soon there will be none in the inventory.

  23. A Taliban trying to fly a Blackhawk is like a Democrat politician trying to govern…  😜  😉  😜 

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