Maybe leaving Helicopters in Afghanistan wasn’t such a bad idea...
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Dipshit Joe will probably send them a replacement as an apology for their misfortune.
What a waste
That’s what happens when you have no personal accountability
Do something a fraction of that in the private sector and you basically just committed professional suicide, plus are likely to get sued and lose everything you worked for
That’s what happens when you have no personal accountability
Do something a fraction of that in the private sector and you basically just committed professional suicide, plus are likely to get sued and lose everything you worked for
I hope they survived the initial crash and had a long painful death. Oh....no virgins for them either.
It’s not a US Blackhawk, if a Afghan Blackhawk…or at least it was
Using shit invaders abandoned in their own country, it’s rightfully their helicopter now
Personally I have more animosity for our politicians who left OUR helicopter over there, I’m already over taxed and this is my ROI???
Still dumb as shit to pull collective with no idea what the fuck you’re doing, reminds me of
As a US taxpayer I should have been given the option to go over there and recover it for myself at my own expense, I wouldn’t mind a Blackhawk, though the fuel and mx might suck, but I’d wager I got a good bit more time than the average afgan lol
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Just the latest stupid event in a loooooooong loooooong chain of stupid events. Just when you thought you'd seen it all... then along comes the latest stupid stuff.
I personally was involved in the maintenance of some of those aircraft our potato left behind. In 2011-2012 some 50 cent brain got the big idea to go out to the boneyard and get some Sikorsky S-61 helicopters and COMPLETELY remodel em, right from the airframe up. New wiring, new avionics, new engines, everything completely rebuilt, and shiny brand new State Department paint. Did maybe a dozen of em. Hired aircrews and maintenance people.
I got hired on to do maintenance, but when they sent the acft to Iraq, they discovered they wouldn't fly. So they sent them to Afghanistan. Where they also wouldn't fly. Something to do with altitude density, heat, etc.
These very expensive, completely remodeled helicopters ended up being sold on www.govdeals.com, which is a govt surplus auction site.
Also... Another big brain thought it was a bright idea to buy some Italian aircraft (they looked like a small C-130) and give em to the Afghan Govt/Army for air cargo use. Nice, big twin engine turboprop jobs.
Nobody apparently ever gave a minute's thought to just how the Afghans might or might not be able to fly or maintain them. Well, shit.... So much for THAT idea!
Same story. Things broke down & got trashed. Who knows how they ended up. C-27 nomenclature comes to mind, but it was years ago so maybe not the right model name.
State Department in Iraq & Afghanistan had a LOT of fixed wing & rotary wing acft. UH-1's, CH-46's (which fly just fine in that environment, btw) for tactical ops/drug stuff, Beech turboprops for moving people around, and who knows what else.
The State Dept Air Wing branch was call INL, International Narcotics & Law enforcement, and they did snoopy poopy missions and HVT location. Our UH-1s were Huey 2s, with a beefed up transmission, beefed up rotor system. They carried extended range fuel tanks, and had pintle mounted .30 machine guns on one side, and a .30 mini gun on the other. They carried a 4,500 round magazine of belt ammo for the minigun. Pilots all had M4s & Beretta pistols, while gunners had brand new SOCOM M-14s.
I know for a fact that the day after the US forces pulled out of Kabul Intl Airport, the Talibs were wandering around in our hangar, because I saw video of it. All them DOS helicopters were still sitting right there. Probably whoever was the last to leave was ordered to disable the aircraft somehow that would make it very difficult to restore to flyable condition. Without properly trained flight crews and maintenance personnel, without proper tools, spare parts & hardware, it would be hard to get an aircraft into shape.
But I'm guessing the Talibs sold most of it to the Chinese anyway.
I personally was involved in the maintenance of some of those aircraft our potato left behind. In 2011-2012 some 50 cent brain got the big idea to go out to the boneyard and get some Sikorsky S-61 helicopters and COMPLETELY remodel em, right from the airframe up. New wiring, new avionics, new engines, everything completely rebuilt, and shiny brand new State Department paint. Did maybe a dozen of em. Hired aircrews and maintenance people.
I got hired on to do maintenance, but when they sent the acft to Iraq, they discovered they wouldn't fly. So they sent them to Afghanistan. Where they also wouldn't fly. Something to do with altitude density, heat, etc.
These very expensive, completely remodeled helicopters ended up being sold on www.govdeals.com, which is a govt surplus auction site.
Also... Another big brain thought it was a bright idea to buy some Italian aircraft (they looked like a small C-130) and give em to the Afghan Govt/Army for air cargo use. Nice, big twin engine turboprop jobs.
Nobody apparently ever gave a minute's thought to just how the Afghans might or might not be able to fly or maintain them. Well, shit.... So much for THAT idea!
Same story. Things broke down & got trashed. Who knows how they ended up. C-27 nomenclature comes to mind, but it was years ago so maybe not the right model name.
State Department in Iraq & Afghanistan had a LOT of fixed wing & rotary wing acft. UH-1's, CH-46's (which fly just fine in that environment, btw) for tactical ops/drug stuff, Beech turboprops for moving people around, and who knows what else.
The State Dept Air Wing branch was call INL, International Narcotics & Law enforcement, and they did snoopy poopy missions and HVT location. Our UH-1s were Huey 2s, with a beefed up transmission, beefed up rotor system. They carried extended range fuel tanks, and had pintle mounted .30 machine guns on one side, and a .30 mini gun on the other. They carried a 4,500 round magazine of belt ammo for the minigun. Pilots all had M4s & Beretta pistols, while gunners had brand new SOCOM M-14s.
I know for a fact that the day after the US forces pulled out of Kabul Intl Airport, the Talibs were wandering around in our hangar, because I saw video of it. All them DOS helicopters were still sitting right there. Probably whoever was the last to leave was ordered to disable the aircraft somehow that would make it very difficult to restore to flyable condition. Without properly trained flight crews and maintenance personnel, without proper tools, spare parts & hardware, it would be hard to get an aircraft into shape.
But I'm guessing the Talibs sold most of it to the Chinese anyway.
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