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2019-11-23 Afghanistan

Concerns regarding misuse of Afghan Air Force fleet echoed in latest report to U.S. Congress

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-23 00:09|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Using the A-29 Tornado as a crop duster?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-11-23 05:58|| 2019-11-23 05:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, I thought the punch line was going to be they were flying opium to Turkey.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-23 09:08|| 2019-11-23 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 So those helicopters are supposed to be used for just 4 6-hour days out of 30?! OK, they're helicopters, but how can they be worth anything if you have to have 7 of them to keep one operating each day?

And from when we had actual traffic reports from helicopters, I doubt they had such a large stable of aircraft.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-11-23 10:56|| 2019-11-23 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 It sounds like a misallocation of maintenance budgets. How much of it is disappearing into the ether?

Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-23 23:32|| 2019-11-23 23:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Using the A-29 Tornado as a crop duster? Air
An Air Tractor.
The armed version.

Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-23 23:41|| 2019-11-23 23:41|| Front Page Top

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