القوات الجوية الأفغانية
The Afghan Air Force has been rebuilt from almost nothing at least four times since King Amanullah’s first aircraft arrived in the early 1920s — by Britain and Italy in the 1930s, by the Soviet Union from the 1950s, by the United States and NATO after 2001 — and each time it outlived the state that built it only in fragments: in 2026 FlightGlobal counts 34 aircraft in the air arm of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, while dozens of the Islamic Republic’s aircraft sit in Uzbekistan or have gone to the United States, Ukraine and Peru.
The Afghan Air Force story: King Amanullah’s aircraft, a war fought from the air and a Taliban air arm
1921–1937: King Amanullah’s aircraft, Soviet pilots and a civil war
King Amanullah Khan saw what aircraft could do when British India bombed Afghan forces in the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919, and from 1921 Soviet Russia and Britain gave him a handful of machines; Wikipedia records that Soviet Russia promised free aircraft in July 1921. They became a separate air arm in 1924 — Russian Wikipedia gives 22 August 1924 — and first flew in action against the Khost rebellion of 1924–25. For its first decade, English Wikipedia says, Soviet pilots did most of the flying and perhaps half the aircraft were Polikarpov R-1s, a Soviet copy of the de Havilland DH.9A. The weakness was dependence on foreign crews and on the king himself: most of the aircraft were destroyed in the civil war that began in December 1928 and toppled Amanullah, and serious rebuilding only began in 1937. Afghanistan’s air force therefore began as it would continue — built by outsiders, and hostage to the fate of the government in Kabul.
1937–1978: Hinds, then MiGs — the royal air force turns to Moscow
The second air force was British and Italian. The Shuttleworth Collection, which flies an ex-Afghan Hawker Hind, records a batch of 20 Hinds delivered in 1938, eight new and 12 from the RAF, thought to have served until 1956; Wikipedia adds IMAM Ro.37s and counts about 30 aircraft in 1938. After 1947 the service was the Royal Afghan Air Force. In the Cold War Afghanistan was non-aligned, but the aircraft came from Moscow: by 1960, Wikipedia says, it had about 100 combat aircraft, among them MiG-15 fighters and Il-28 bombers, while Afghan pilots trained in the United States, the Soviet Union, India and Europe. Mohammed Daoud, who deposed King Zahir Shah in 1973, brought in MiG-21s and An-24 and An-26 transports. It looked like modernisation; it also placed a Soviet-trained officer corps at the centre of the state, and that officer corps would soon take it over.
1978–1992: coup, invasion and a war fought from the air
On 27 April 1978 the air force made a revolution. Colonel Abdul Qadir flew to Bagram, took over the MiG-21 regiment, and Su-7s fired rockets into the Arg, the presidential palace, until President Daoud was dead; estimates of the dead range from about 40 (General Nabi Azimi) to about 2,000. In March 1979 Il-28s from Shindand bombed rebellious Herat, where estimates of the dead run from 3,000 to 25,000. After the Soviet invasion of December 1979 the air force grew to perhaps 400 aircraft in the mid-1980s by Wikipedia’s estimate, with regiments at Kabul, Bagram, Shindand and Kandahar, and Soviet, Czechoslovak and Cuban advisers. It bombed and strafed an insurgency backed from Pakistan; Pakistani F-16s, by the PAF’s count, shot down at least eight intruders from Afghanistan in 1986–88. Wikipedia, citing Müller (2020), puts the cost from 1978 to April 1992 at 617 aircraft and 651 aircrew. Air power kept Najibullah’s government alive after the Soviets left in 1989; it could not survive the end of Soviet money.
1992–2001: factions, the Taliban and a forced landing at Kandahar
When Kabul fell to the mujahideen in April 1992 the air force was split among the factions; Wikipedia estimates it fell from about 350 aircraft to some 35–40 serviceable ones. Abdul Rashid Dostum in the north kept his own air arm, and the Taliban, who took Kabul in 1996, inherited what was left at Kandahar and Kabul. Unusually for the movement, Wikipedia notes, they kept the air force’s old structure and invited former communist pilots to serve. By the late 1990s the Taliban air arm counted, by that estimate, five MiG-21MFs, ten Su-22s, a few Mi-8s and Mi-35s, five L-39Cs and transports. Its best-known exploit was the forcing down of a Russian Il-76 by a Taliban MiG-21 over Kandahar on 3 August 1995; its seven crew were held for a year and escaped with the aircraft on 16 August 1996. The US-led campaign from October 2001 destroyed most of what remained, leaving, in Wikipedia’s words, only a few helicopters.
2002–2021: the American rebuild, from G.222 to Black Hawk
The United States and NATO rebuilt the air force from 2005, as the Afghan National Army Air Corps until it was renamed the Afghan Air Force in June 2010. The first choices were poor: 20 Italian G.222 (C-27A) transports, bought for $486 million, could not be kept flying, and 16 were scrapped at Kabul in 2014 for about $32,000. What followed worked better: four C-130Hs from 2013, Cessna 208s and armed AC-208s, MD-530F helicopters from 2015, A-29 Super Tucanos from January 2016, and from September 2017 UH-60A Black Hawks to replace the Russian-supported Mi-17. On 22 March 2018 an Afghan A-29 dropped the service’s first laser-guided bomb. The cost was dependence of a new kind. SIGAR found that Afghan maintainers did at most 40 per cent of the work, and UNAMA recorded that in 2020 Afghan Air Force strikes caused 76 per cent of all civilian casualties from air strikes, the most it had attributed to the air force since 2009.
August 2021 to 2026: flight, collapse and a small Taliban air arm
The contractors left in May and June 2021 and, former generals told SIGAR, about 60 per cent of the Black Hawks were grounded within months. In July 2021 Wikipedia, citing SIGAR, counts 131 usable aircraft. When the Islamic Republic collapsed in August, pilots flew what they could north: Uzbekistan said 22 aircraft and 24 helicopters had entered its airspace, and more than 100 Afghan servicemen landed at Bokhtar in Tajikistan. The air arm of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, which most states do not recognise, has since repaired a few aircraft and lost several in crashes; FlightGlobal’s 2025 and 2026 directories list 34 aircraft, among them one A-29 and seven Black Hawks. In August 2024 the US ambassador said the aircraft in Uzbekistan would stay there, which the Taliban’s Ministry of Defence rejected. Since February 2026 the air arm has been at war with Pakistan, whose officials say their strike on Bagram destroyed Afghan aircraft; the Taliban said they struck back with drones. Neither side’s claims have been independently confirmed.
The Afghan Air Force in numbers
خدمة
- الاسم الأصلي
- قوای هوایی امارت اسلامی افغانستانDari name of the Islamic Emirate’s air force as given by English Wikipedia; Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي امارت هوایي ځواک. FlightGlobal calls it the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Air Force. Under the Islamic Republic it was the Afghan Air Force (قوای هوایی افغانستان). The Ministry of Defence’s own site could not be reached to confirm the spelling
- تأسست
- 1924 (aircraft from 1921)Russian Wikipedia gives 22 August 1924 for the creation of the air force; English Wikipedia dates the service to 1921, when the first aircraft were promised by Soviet Russia, and says they became a separate air arm in 1924
- جزء من
- Afghan Armed ForcesUnder the Ministry of Defence of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate since August 2021, a government recognised by few states; before that under the Ministry of Defence of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- المقر الرئيسي
- KabulWikipedia gives Kabul; the air force headquarters sits beside Kabul’s international airport, known as Hamid Karzai International Airport until 2021
- قائد
- Amanuddin MansoorPer Wikipedia; appointment date and rank not confirmed from an official Afghan source
- وزير الدفاع
- Mohammad YaqoobTaliban defence minister; quoted in August 2024 warning Uzbekistan and Tajikistan over the aircraft flown there in 2021
قوة
- Aircraft (2025–2026)
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- Mi-8/Mi-17 — 7
- UH-60A Black Hawk — 7
- Cessna 208 — 6
- MD530F — 5
- Mi-24 — 4
- An-32 — 2
- A-29 Super Tucano, An-26, L-39 — 1 each
34 in all, FlightGlobal World Air Forces 2025; Wikipedia cites the 2026 edition for the same figures. These are estimates by an outside publisher; the Taliban have not published a fleet list
- الأفراد
- 7,505 in May 2020 under the Islamic Republic, per SIGAR as cited by Wikipedia. The Taliban-led ministry said about five former pilots had returned by 6 February 2022
- Aircraft in July 2021
- 131 usableSIGAR as cited by Wikipedia: 23 A-29, 3 C-130, 23 C-208, 10 AC-208, 12 Mi-17, 28 UH-60 and 42 MD 530; Wikipedia also gives 161 aircraft in all. The War Zone quotes SIGAR’s July 2021 figures as 13 Mi-17s and 49 MD 530Fs, so counts differ by source and by what is counted as usable
- Flown out in August 2021
- 46 to Uzbekistan, more to TajikistanUzbekistan reported 22 aircraft and 24 helicopters; Wikipedia adds two aircraft with more than 100 soldiers at Bokhtar, Tajikistan. The War Zone estimated about a quarter of the inventory escaped
- US investment 2005–2021
- About 300 aircraftSIGAR: the US provided the Afghan forces with about 300 aircraft as part of nearly $90 billion in security assistance
- Peak strength
- About 400 aircraft (mid-1980s)Wikipedia’s estimate; a Soviet-era status report cited by Wikipedia gives 226 aircraft and 89 helicopters on 1 February 1986, and Russian Wikipedia about 7,000 personnel in 1985
بنية تحتية
- المطارات الرئيسية
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- Kabul — air force headquarters
- Bagram — the largest base, US-held 2001–2021
- Kandahar
- Shindand — former training base
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- Herat
Wikipedia’s list of bases; Jalalabad, Khost and Kunduz were used by helicopters. Which fields the Taliban air arm flies from today has not been published officially
- Soviet-era regiments
- Kabul, Bagram, Shindand, Kandahar, DehdadiPer Wikipedia: 322nd and 321st regiments at Bagram, 335th and 355th at Shindand, 366th at Kandahar, 232nd and 377th at Kabul, 393rd training regiment at Dehdadi (Balkh)
- NATO training mission
- Resolute Support, 2015–2021Hub at Kabul and Bagram, spokes at Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar and Laghman; ended September 2021
- Bagram in 2026
- Struck by Pakistan, 1 March 2026Pakistani officials said the strike destroyed an unknown number of Black Hawks, C-130s and Super Tucanos (as reported by The New York Times and summarised by Wikipedia); no Taliban confirmation was found
How the Afghan Air Force is organised
Since August 2021 the air arm of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, a government not recognised by most states, has been run from Kabul under its Ministry of Defence. FlightGlobal counts 34 aircraft, among them one A-29, seven Black Hawks, seven Mi-8/17s and a single L-39; the Taliban have not published a fleet list or which fields each type flies from. Under the Islamic Republic, until August 2021, the Afghan Air Force had wings at Kabul, Kandahar, Shindand and Mazar-i-Sharif.
مقر قيادة القوات الجوية
In Kabul, beside the international airport, under the Ministry of Defence of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate since August 2021, a government not recognised by most states. Wikipedia names Amanuddin Mansoor as air force commander; his rank and appointment date were not confirmed. The defence minister is Mohammad Yaqoob.
Mazar-e-Sharif Air Brigade
The one air unit of the Islamic Emirate named in the sources, reported repairing an A-29 at Mazar-i-Sharif in 2023. FlightGlobal counts 34 aircraft in the air arm, among them seven Black Hawks and seven Mi-8/17s; its other units and their bases have not been published.
Air wings of the Afghan Air Force
Under the Islamic Republic the air force had wings at Kabul, Kandahar, Shindand and Mazar-i-Sharif, flying A-29s, C-130Hs, Cessna 208s, MD-530Fs and Black Hawks supplied by the United States. It ended as a state institution when Kabul fell on 15 August 2021; of the 46 aircraft flown to Uzbekistan, seven Black Hawks were moved to the United States in 2025.
Air regiments
The 322nd and 321st regiments at Bagram, the 335th and 355th at Shindand, the 366th at Kandahar, the 232nd and 377th at Kabul and the 393rd training regiment at Dehdadi, per Wikipedia. The air force was split among the factions when Kabul fell to the mujahideen in April 1992.
What the Afghan Air Force flies today
كل نوع متاح برسوم، ويرتبط بصفحته في كتاب الوحوش إن وجدت. تشير الأرقام إلى الطائرات المسجلة، وليس الطائرات المتاحة في يوم معين.
| يكتب | دور | في الخدمة | منذ | الوحدات | ملحوظات | |
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| ميل مي-8/مي-17في الخدمة | مروحية نقل | 7 | 7 per FlightGlobal (2025; same in 2026 per Wikipedia). SIGAR counted 12–13 usable Mi-17s in July 2021; The War Zone counted about 19 Mi-8/17-type helicopters at Termez in August 2021. | |||
| Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawkفي الخدمة | طائرة هليكوبتر متعددة الأغراض | 7 | 2017 | 7 per FlightGlobal 2025. SIGAR as cited by Wikipedia: 28 usable in July 2021. 53 requested for FY2017. | ||
| Cessna 208 Caravan (C-208 and armed AC-208)في الخدمة | Light transport and armed reconnaissance | 6 | 6 per FlightGlobal 2025. SIGAR as cited by Wikipedia: 23 C-208s and 10 AC-208s usable in July 2021; at least five were seen at Termez. | |||
| MD Helicopters MD 530F Cayuse Warriorفي الخدمة | مروحية هجومية خفيفة | 5 | 2015 | 5 per FlightGlobal 2025. 42 (Wikipedia citing SIGAR) or 49 (The War Zone citing SIGAR) in July 2021. | ||
| ميل مي-24/مي-35 هيندفي الخدمة | مروحية هجومية | 4 | 4 per FlightGlobal 2025 (listed as Mi-24; Wikipedia’s table calls them Mi-25). Late-1990s Taliban inventory: five Mi-35s (Wikipedia). | |||
| أنتونوف أن-32في الخدمة | ينقل | 2 | 2 per FlightGlobal 2025. | |||
| أنتونوف أن-26في الخدمة | ينقل | 1 | 1975 | 1 per FlightGlobal 2025; the late-1990s Taliban air arm had about 25 by Wikipedia’s count. | ||
| Embraer/Sierra Nevada A-29 Super Tucanoفي الخدمة | هجوم ضوئي | 1 | 2016 | 1 per FlightGlobal 2025.
أكثرDelivered: 22 by September 2020 with six more due (Resolute Support); 24 with the Moody training aircraft (DoD, December 2020); 23 usable in July 2021 (SIGAR via Wikipedia). |
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| طائرة إيرو إل-39 ألباتروسفي الخدمة | مدرب نفاث | 1 | 1 per FlightGlobal 2025; the late-1990s Taliban air arm had five L-39Cs (Wikipedia). |
Every type the Afghan Air Force has retired
13 types, from the Polikarpov R-1 to the Lockheed C-130H Hercules. تمثل الأرقام القصوى عدد الطائرات التي تم استلامها على مدار فترة الخدمة بأكملها، وليس قوة الأسطول في أي تاريخ محدد.
| يكتب | دور | قمة | تم تقديمه | تم استبداله بـ | ملحوظات | |
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| لوكهيد سي-130 إتش هيركوليز | النقل التكتيكي | 4 | 2013–2021 | Four delivered 2013–2015; three usable in July 2021 (SIGAR via Wikipedia). FlightGlobal lists none in 2025. | ||
| Pilatus PC-12NG | Surveillance (Special Mission Wing) | 18 | 18 with the Special Mission Wing per Wikipedia (61 per cent operational in July 2020); about 11 were seen at Termez in August 2021. | |||
| Alenia G.222 (C-27A Spartan) | النقل التكتيكي | 20 | سي-130 إتش | 20 bought for $486 million; 16 scrapped at Kabul in 2014, four stored at Ramstein. | ||
| Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17 and Su-22 | مقاتلة قاذفة | Wikipedia’s mid-1980s estimate: 60 Su-7s and Su-17s plus more than 45 Su-22s; ten Su-22s with the Taliban in the late 1990s. | ||||
| ميكويان-غوريفيتش ميغ-21 | مقاتل | 45 | About 45 in the mid-1980s (Wikipedia estimate); five MiG-21MFs with the Taliban in the late 1990s; Russian Wikipedia says the Taliban acquired 15. | |||
| Hawker Hind | قاذفة قنابل خفيفة | 20 | 1938–1956 | 20 delivered in 1938, 8 new and 12 ex-RAF. | ||
| Polikarpov R-1 | طائرة استطلاع ثنائية السطح | 1924–1929 | Probably about half the aircraft of the 1920s, per Wikipedia. | |||
| ميكويان-غوريفيتش ميغ-17 | مقاتلة قاذفة | 90 | Wikipedia’s peak estimate of 90; to be treated as an order of magnitude. | |||
| ميكويان-غوريفيتش ميغ-19 | مقاتل | |||||
| ميكويان-غوريفيتش ميغ-15 | مقاتل | |||||
| إليوشن Il-28 | قاذفة قنابل خفيفة | One Wikipedia article gives 45 at the peak; the Afghan Air Force article does not, so the number is left open. | ||||
| Antonov An-2, An-12 and An-24 | ينقل | About 40 An-2, An-24 and An-26 transports in the mid-1980s and six An-12s with the Taliban in the late 1990s (Wikipedia estimates). | ||||
| IMAM Ro.37 | طائرة استطلاع ثنائية السطح |
Where the Afghan Air Force flies from
الدبابيس السوداء تمثل القواعد النشطة، أما الدبابيس المجوفة فتمثل المطارات التي تم إغلاقها. Bagram, the largest US base in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, has been held by the Taliban since 15 August 2021, and Pakistani officials said they struck it on 1 March 2026. The active fields have been under the Islamic Emirate since August 2021; Dehdadi, the training airfield of the 1980s in Balkh, is listed as closed because its current status could not be established. Entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.
أفغانستان
One of the 7 bases above sits outside Afghanistan, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas base.
| قاعدة | منظمة الطيران المدني الدولي (ICAO) | حالة | المدرج | الوحدات والطائرات |
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| BagramParwan Province | OAIX | نشيط | 03R/21L3,724 mأسمنت03L/21R2,953 mأسمنت |
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| Herat International AirportHerat Province | OAHR | نشيط |
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| Jalalabad AirportNangarhar Province | OAJL | نشيط | 13/312,213 m |
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| Kabul International AirportKabul Province | OAKB | نشيط | 11/293,511 mمعبد |
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| Kandahar International AirportKandahar Province | OAKN | نشيط | 05/233200 متر |
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| Mazar-i-Sharif International AirportBalkh Province | OAMS | نشيط |
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| ShindandHerat Province | OASD | نشيط | 18/362,417 mأسمنت |
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| DehdadiBalkh Province | مغلق |
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لا توجد قاعدة جوية مطابقة لهذا البحث.
Who is stationed where in the Afghan Air Force
الوحدات الجوية حسب القاعدة، والوحدات الحالية أولاً. Three generations are listed: the Soviet-era regiments to 1992, the Islamic Republic’s numbered wings to 2021 — the Kabul Air Wing was the 1st, Kandahar the 2nd — and the air arm of the Islamic Emirate, whose units are largely unpublished. Foreign units, such as the Soviet 368th Assault Aviation Regiment and the US 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram, are marked as foreign.
- القوات الجوية للإمارة الإسلاميةAir force detachment · active
- 322nd Fighter Air Regiment
- ميكويان-غوريفيتش ميغ-21
- 321st Air Regiment
- 368th Assault Aviation Regiment (Soviet Air Force)1986–1987
- سوخوي سو-25
- Air arm of the Islamic Emirate (headquarters)مقر قيادة القوات الجوية · نشط
- Kabul Air Wing (1st Wing, earlier 201st)
- Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Alenia G.222 (C-27A)
- 232nd Air Regiment
- 377th Helicopter Regiment
- Kandahar Air Wing (2nd Wing, earlier 202nd)
- Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk
- 366th Fighter Air Regiment
- 451st Air Expeditionary Wing (US Air Force)
- Shindand Air Wing (3rd Wing)
- Training aircraft and helicopters
- 335th Mixed Air Regiment
- 355th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment
- Sukhoi Su-7BM, Sukhoi Su-17/Su-22
- Mazar-e-Sharif Air BrigadeAir brigade · active
- إمبراير إيه-29 سوبر توكانو
- Mazar-i-Sharif Air Wing (4th Wing, earlier 304th)
- Afghan Air Force detachment, Herat
- Mi-24 squadron (Afghan Air Force)
- ميل مي-24
- Forward Operating Base Fenty (US forces)
- US Army aviation
لا توجد وحدة مطابقة لهذا البحث.
Afghan Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
Soviet Russia promises aircraft to King Amanullah Khan in July; the first machines arrive from Soviet Russia and Britain.
22 August: the air force is created as a separate arm (Russian Wikipedia). It first sees action against the Khost rebellion of 1924–25.
December: civil war begins; most of the aircraft are destroyed and the air force is dissolved in 1929.
20 Hawker Hinds delivered, 8 new and 12 ex-RAF; with Italian Ro.37s the air force counts about 30 aircraft.
The Royal Afghan Air Force has about 100 combat aircraft, including MiG-15s and Il-28s.
27 April: Su-7s from Bagram rocket the Arg palace in the Saur Revolution; President Daoud is killed.
March: Il-28s bomb Herat during the uprising. 25 December: Soviet forces enter Afghanistan.
1 February: 226 aircraft and 89 helicopters on strength, 19,400 personnel (Soviet-era figures cited by Wikipedia). From May, Pakistani F-16s begin shooting down intruders from Afghanistan.
15 February: the last Soviet troops leave; the air force keeps Najibullah’s government in the war.
6 March: pilots loyal to Defence Minister Shahnawaz Tanai bomb Kabul in a failed coup.
April: Kabul falls to the mujahideen; the air force splits among factions after losing 617 aircraft since 1978 (Wikipedia, citing Müller).
3 August: a Taliban MiG-21 forces a Russian Il-76 to land at Kandahar; the crew escape with it on 16 August 1996.
October–November: the US-led campaign destroys most Taliban aircraft.
June: the Afghan National Army Air Corps is renamed the Afghan Air Force.
15 January: the first four A-29 Super Tucanos arrive in Kabul.
18 September: the first four UH-60 Black Hawks arrive at Kandahar.
August: the Islamic Republic collapses; 46 aircraft reach Uzbekistan and others Tajikistan. The Taliban take over what is left.
21 February: war with Pakistan begins; Pakistani officials say a strike on Bagram on 1 March destroyed Afghan aircraft.
كل حرب خاضتها القوات الجوية الأفغانية
الطلعات الجوية والخسائر حيثما يسمح السجل بذلك، وفراغ تام حيثما لا يسمح بذلك.
- تمرد خوست 1924–1925 The new air arm’s first action, against a tribal rising in the south-east
- الحرب الأهلية الأفغانية 1928–1929 Flew for King Amanullah against the rebellion that overthrew him
- ثورة السناجب 1978 Communist officers seized Bagram and attacked the presidential palace from the air
- الحرب السوفيتية الأفغانية 1979–1992 Close support, bombing and transport for the government and Soviet forces against the mujahideen
- الحروب الأهلية الأفغانية 1992–2001 Remnants of the air force fought for rival factions; from 1996 the Taliban flew MiG-21s and Su-22s against the Northern Alliance
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كل نوع له صفحة في كتاب الوحوش، في الخدمة أولاً، ثم حسب السنة التي غادر فيها الأسطول.
كل حقيقة، تم التحقق منها
- Shuttleworth Collection: Hawker Hind20 Hinds delivered to the Afghan Air Force in 1938 (8 new, 12 ex-RAF), thought to have served until 1956; the Shuttleworth example was recovered in 1971 and flew again in Afghan colours on 17 August 1981.
- فلايت جلوبال: القوات الجوية العالمية 2025"Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Air Force": 1 A-29, 1 An-26, 2 An-32, 6 Cessna 208, 5 MD530F, 7 Mi-8/17, 4 Mi-24, 7 S-70/UH-60A, 1 L-39 in active service; nothing on order. Wikipedia cites World Air Forces 2026 for the same list.
- FlightGlobal: First of 20 A-29 Super Tucanos arrive in Afghanistan (15 January 2016)Four A-29s landed at Hamid Karzai International Airport; 20 aircraft under the $427 million Light Air Support contract, built by Sierra Nevada and Embraer in Jacksonville; all 20 expected by 2018; they replaced retiring Mi-35s.
- US Air Force: First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate, ready for combat (18 December 2015)The first Afghan class of the 81st Fighter Squadron graduated at Moody AFB; classroom training began February 2015, flying March 2015.
- وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية: تعزيز الأمن والاستقرار في أفغانستان (ديسمبر 2020)تم شحن طائرات A-29 الست المستخدمة للتدريب في مودي إلى أفغانستان، ليصل عدد الأسطول إلى 24 طائرة؛ ويمكن للقوات الجوية الأفغانية التخطيط وتنفيذ الضربات الجوية ليلاً ونهاراً بشكل مستقل، لكنها ستعتمد على الدعم اللوجستي من المقاولين.
- US Department of Defense: Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan (June 2019)TAAC-Air priorities listed the C-130, C-208, A-29 and AC-208 fixed-wing and Mi-17, UH-60A and MD-530 rotary-wing platforms.
- SIGAR 23-16-IP: لماذا انهارت قوات الأمن الأفغانية (فبراير 2023)قدمت الولايات المتحدة حوالي 300 طائرة؛ ولم يكن من المتوقع أن يكون سلاح الجو الأفغاني مكتفياً ذاتياً حتى عام 2030 على الأقل؛ وقام الفنيون الأفغان بصيانة 40% على الأكثر من أعمال الصيانة؛ وقال جنرالات سابقون إن حوالي 60% من طائرات بلاك هوك تم إيقافها عن العمل في غضون أشهر من مغادرة المقاولين في عام 2021؛ وقام طيارو سلاح الجو الأفغاني بقيادة عدة طائرات إلى آسيا الوسطى.
- بعثة الأمم المتحدة للمساعدة في أفغانستان (يوناما): حماية المدنيين في النزاعات المسلحة في أفغانستان، التقرير السنوي 2020693 ضحية مدنية جراء الغارات الجوية في عام 2020 (341 قتيلاً، 352 جريحاً)؛ وارتفعت خسائر القوات الجوية الأفغانية جراء الغارات الجوية بنسبة 126 في المائة، وهي أعلى نسبة منذ بدء التوثيق المنهجي في عام 2009، وتشكل 76 في المائة من إجمالي الخسائر المدنية جراء الغارات الجوية.
- حلف شمال الأطلسي: مهمة الدعم الحازم في أفغانستان (2015-2021)المهمة من 1 يناير 2015 إلى سبتمبر 2021؛ مركز العمليات في كابول/باجرام وفروع في مزار شريف، هرات، قندهار ولغمان؛ تم اتخاذ قرار الانسحاب في 14 أبريل 2021.
- منطقة الحرب: عشرات الطائرات التابعة لسلاح الجو الأفغاني والتي اشترتها الولايات المتحدة أصبحت الآن بلا معيل في مطار أوزبكي (18 أغسطس 2021).صورة التقطها قمر صناعي في 16 أغسطس 2021 في تيرميز: 22 طائرة ثابتة الجناح وحوالي 24-26 مروحية، بما في ذلك ست طائرات من طراز A-29 على الأقل، وخمس طائرات من طراز C-208/AC-208 على الأقل، وحوالي 11 طائرة من طراز PC-12NG، وحوالي سبع طائرات من طراز UH-60، وحوالي 19 طائرة من طراز Mi-8/17؛ فقدت طائرة واحدة من طراز A-29 في أوزبكستان، وذلك بعد اصطدامها بطائرة MiG-29 أوزبكية؛ وقالت أوزبكستان إن 46 طائرة أُجبرت على الهبوط.
- The War Zone: Dozens of Afghan helicopters have now arrived at the U.S. Air Force’s boneyard (10 December 2021)24 helicopters (7 Mi-17s and 17 MD 530Fs) at Davis-Monthan; SIGAR’s July 2021 figures of 13 Mi-17s and 49 MD 530Fs; Taliban captured at least 12 Mi-17s in varying condition.
- منطقة الحرب: الطيارون الأفغان الذين فروا إلى طاجيكستان على وشك المغادرة أخيراً بمساعدة الولايات المتحدة (10 نوفمبر 2021)حوالي 150 فرداً من القوات الجوية الأفغانية في طاجيكستان؛ هرب ما يقرب من ربع مخزون القوات الجوية الأفغانية إلى أوزبكستان وطاجيكستان مجتمعتين.
- The War Zone: Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopters are now flying for Ukraine (2 June 2022)Five Mi-17s in Ukraine for overhaul in August 2021 were given to Ukraine in March 2022; with the 1 June 2022 package the total transferred or promised reached 20.
- مجلة الدبلوماسي: إطلاق سراح الطيارين الأفغان المحتجزين في طاجيكستان أخيراً (نوفمبر 2021)تم نقل 191 أفغانياً، 143 منهم طيارون، جواً من طاجيكستان إلى الإمارات العربية المتحدة في 9 نوفمبر 2021 بعد ما يقرب من ثلاثة أشهر قضوها في سكن طلابي ومصحة؛ وقال المتحدث باسم طالبان ذبيح الله مجاهد إنه لا توجد خطة لاعتقالهم.
- وكالة خاما برس: الولايات المتحدة وأوزبكستان تتفقان على طائرات عسكرية لأفغانستان (27 أغسطس 2024)السفير الأمريكي جوناثان هينيك: ستبقى المعدات في أوزبكستان؛ وهي من طراز Mi-17 و UH-60 و PC-12 و C-208 و AC-208 و A-29؛ وأفادت أوزبكستان بامتلاكها 22 طائرة و 24 مروحية في 15 أغسطس 2021؛ وحذر وزير دفاع طالبان محمد يعقوب أوزبكستان وطاجيكستان.
- Khaama Press: Afghanistan rejects US-Uzbekistan deal on former government aircraft (27 August 2024)Taliban-led Ministry of Defence: any deal on the aircraft in Uzbekistan is unacceptable; Henick: the aircraft never belonged to the Afghans, the US owned them.
- خاما برس: نقل 7 طائرات هليكوبتر من طراز بلاك هوك تابعة للجيش الأفغاني سابقاً من أوزبكستان إلى الولايات المتحدة (5 فبراير 2025)Announced by Uzbekistan’s ambassador Furkat Sidikov in Washington; the Taliban called the helicopters the property of the Afghan people.
- Khaama Press: Transfer of Afghanistan’s Black Hawk helicopters from Uzbekistan to Peru (15 December 2025)Citing a Ukrainian website: nine Black Hawks went to Peru in 2024; Uzbek authorities say the helicopters belong to the United States; the Taliban demand their return.
- Khaama Press: Helicopter crash in northern Afghanistan kills two pilots (21 May 2023)Ministry of Defence: an MD-530 hit a high-voltage line in Khulm district, Samangan, killing two pilots; also recalls a Black Hawk crash during training in Kabul on 10 September 2022 that killed at least three.
- Khaama Press: Several dead and injured in Taliban helicopter crash in Ghor (15 May 2024)Mi-17 on a body-recovery mission crashed into a wall in Feroz Koh after technical problems: 1 killed, 12 injured, per MoD spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi.
- Khaama Press: Helicopter damaged in Badakhshan, Ministry of Defense says (14 August 2026)A Ministry of Defence helicopter was damaged on landing in Badakhshan when a rotor struck a pole (headline and summary only; the full article could not be loaded).
- Khaama Press: Resolute Support hands over 4 military aircraft to Afghan Air Force (17 September 2020)Four A-29s handed over, bringing the total delivered to 22, with six more to come; Defence Minister Asadullah Khalid.
- خاما برس: نظرة معمقة على طائرة الهجوم الخفيف A-29 سوبر توكانو التابعة للقوات الجوية الأفغانية (16 أبريل 2016)ثماني طائرات من طراز A-29 في الخدمة، وأضيفت آخر أربع طائرات في أواخر مارس 2016؛ وزارة الدفاع: 83 مهمة على الأقل تم تنفيذها في يومين.
- وكالة خاما برس: القوات الجوية الأفغانية تلقي أول قنبلة موجهة بالليزر على طالبان في ولاية فراه (28 مارس 2018)22 مارس 2018: ألقت طائرة من طراز A-29 قنبلة موجهة بالليزر من طراز GBU-58 على مجمع تابع لحركة طالبان في ولاية فراه، وفقًا لبيان صادر عن مهمة الدعم الحازم.
- Khaama Press: Fourth C-130 touches down in Kabul (23 June 2015)Two C-130s arrived in mid-2013, a third in summer 2014 and the fourth on 20 June 2015; the AAF’s first four-engined aircraft (Lt. Col. Tyler Faulk, CSTC-A).
- Khaama Press: US-funded $486m Afghan C-27s turned into $32,000 of scrap metal (10 October 2014)20 G.222s bought for $486 million; 16 scrapped at Kabul for about $32,000 (about 6 cents a pound), four stored at Ramstein; SIGAR’s John Sopko questioned the Pentagon.
- Khaama Press: First batch of Black Hawks for Afghan Air Force arrive in Kandahar (19 September 2017)Four UH-60s arrived at Kandahar Airfield on 18 September 2017; $814.5 million requested in FY2017 for 53 UH-60s to replace the Mi-17; Gen. Votel’s plan also listed 30 MD-530Fs, 6 A-29s and 5 AC-208s.
- Khaama Press: India has transferred 8 Mi-35 helicopters to Afghan Air Force: Pentagon (14 July 2019)Pentagon report: India transferred eight Mi-35s, four in 2015–2016 and four in 2018.
- خاما برس: طائرة MD-530 تحقق نجاحاً في أول ظهور قتالي لها في ننكرهار (15 أغسطس 2015)تم تسليم ست طائرات من طراز MD-530 في الربع الأول من عام 2015؛ ومن المتوقع تسليم 16 طائرة بحلول أوائل عام 2016؛ والظهور القتالي الأول في ننجرهار.
- وزارة الدفاع الكرواتية: اكتمل التدريب للكتيبة الخامسة عشرة من قوات الدفاع الكرواتية (HRVCON KFOR) والكتيبة العاشرة من طائرات Mi-17 المضادة للطائرات (ISAF) (فبراير 2014)قام فريق الاستشارات الجوية الكرواتي من طراز Mi-17 بتدريب الطيارين وأفراد الطاقم الجوي التابعين للقوات الجوية الأفغانية تحت قيادة قوات المساعدة الدولية لإرساء الأمن في أفغانستان (إيساف).
- Khaama Press: Super Tucano once again wins US bid for Afghan air force (28 February 2013)Search-result summary only: the Afghan military will receive 20 A-29 Super Tucanos after the re-awarded competition.
- Khaama Press: Super Tucano A-29 aircraft successfully repaired by Mazar Air Brigade team (16 May 2023)Search-result summary only (the full article could not be loaded): an A-29 had been repaired and was ready for operation.
- Air Force Historical Research Agency: 455 Air Expeditionary Wing (ACC)Official lineage: redesignated 26 July 2002, stationed at Bagram from that date; aircraft types.
- Al Jazeera: US left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander (5 July 2021)Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani; looting; soldiers’ reaction. The article’s figure of up to 100,000 US troops is not used.
- Al Jazeera: Regional powers signal objection to US reclaiming Afghanistan’s Bagram base (8 October 2025)Moscow Format statement of 7 October 2025; Muttaqi quote.
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