List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force

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An Afghan Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter takes off on a mission
Afghan MD 530F firing off its gun pods

This is the List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, prior to the 2021 Taliban offensive.

Current Inventory[]

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Cessna 208 United States ground attack / ISR AC-208 10[1]
A-29 Super Tucano Brazil COIN / attack 19[1]
Transport
Boeing 727 United States VIP transport 1[2] former aircraft from Ariana Afghan Airlines[3]
C-130 Hercules United States transport C-130H 4[1]
Cessna 208 United States transport / utility 24[1]
Pilatus PC-12 Switzerland transport / utility PC-12NG 18[1][4] assigned to the Special Mission Wing
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17 Soviet Union utility Mi-8/17 95[1] 56 aircraft are in use with the Special Mission Wing[5]
Mil Mi-24 Soviet Union attack Mi-25 8[1]
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 10[1]
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama France utility 3[1]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States utility UH-60A 16 143 on order[6]
MD500 Defender United States light attack / training MD 530F 68 10 on order[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "World Air Forces 2021". Flightglobal Insight. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "World Air Forces 2018". Flightglobal Insight. 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Afghan AF acquires 3 Boeing 727s". Air Forces Monthly. Key Publishing: 30. December 2014.
  4. ^ "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
  5. ^ "The Afghanistan Special Mission Wing". www.armyaviationmagazine.com.
  6. ^ "Afghanistan's new Black Hawks have some issues. Would adding Chinooks help fill a capabilities gap?". militarytimes.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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