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Video: Taliban Tries To Fly A Black Hawk Helicopter – It Doesn’t Look Good
Right Journalism ^ | 08.25.2021 | Mark Van der Veen

Posted on 08/25/2021 10:40:45 AM PDT by USA Conservative

Americans who trained Afghan pilots and ground crews are now raising the alarm about their safety. Though some flew out of the country, others are still in Afghanistan, hiding from the Taliban. And they are desperate to get out, fearing the Taliban may learn their identities and retaliate.

As videos emerged of Taliban fighters carrying US-made M4 and M18 assault rifles and M24 sniper weapons, the US conceded it does not have the “complete picture” while adding that “a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban”.

“Obviously, we don’t have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us,” Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor said.

Taliban fighters were seen reportedly climbing on American Black Hawk helicopters as the Afghan troops were pushed back from major areas in Afghanistan.

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Now a video surfaced where the Taliban tried to fly the Black Hawk helicopters or should I say drive them!

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Reporters are claiming they are able to fly them but the video doesn’t give enough confidence.

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I would say hell no, they are running a Blackhawk down a taxi way. That is not flying.

That is like saying you are dating someone because you sat next to them on the Metro.

The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces was $3 billion.

Putting price tags on American military equipment still in Afghanistan isn’t an easy task. In the fog of war – or withdrawal – Afghanistan has always been a black box with little sunshine.

This month, the Taliban seized Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft. As late as last month, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense posted photos on social media of seven newly arrived helicopters from the U.S., Reuters reported.

Black Hawk helicopters can cost up to $21 million. In 2013, the U.S. placed an order for 20 A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft for $427 million – that’s $21.3 million for each plane. Other specialized helicopters can cost up to $37 million each.

The Afghan air force contracted for C-208 light attack airplanes in March 2018: seven planes for $84.6 million, or $12.1 million each. The airplanes are very sophisticated and carry HELLFIRE missiles, anti-tank missiles and other weaponry.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; aviation; blackhawk; clickbait; clickbaitblog; howmanyblogsyouhave; isis; taliban
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To: CatOwner
In this modern world of electronics, software, and hacking, you would think the US would have the capability in a short period of time to be able to overwrite software used to control our military vehicles and weapons. Lord knows we have the capability of doing that with our voting machines.

Reminds me of a 1984 episode of "Airwolf" where think it was String who got POed at Archangel for him giving weapons to potential enemies and Archangel replied back, "yeah, but we can disable them when we have to" by turning off the software to run them.
21 posted on 08/25/2021 11:12:34 AM PDT by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: USA Conservative

Don’t worry, a Chinese instructor will teach them how to fly one properly.


22 posted on 08/25/2021 11:12:38 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Jim W N
What doesn’t look good is the Taliban getting the Blackhawk Helicopter to begin with.

And here we are, almost at the 20th anniversary of 9/11. This is beyond belief.

23 posted on 08/25/2021 11:13:04 AM PDT by silent_jonny ("Forward to what lies ahead" ~ Phil. 3:13)
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To: USA Conservative

Its criminal that we left all this ‘stuff’ there. Billions of our tax dollars.


24 posted on 08/25/2021 11:14:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: USA Conservative

The only thing good about this is that they will kill themselves trying to fly them.


25 posted on 08/25/2021 11:15:04 AM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: USA Conservative

They may not have the knowledge or skill set to fly and repair these vehicles but the Chinese and Russians do and that’s a bigger concern.


26 posted on 08/25/2021 11:17:55 AM PDT by paltz
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To: USA Conservative

They aren’t going to fly them. They’re going to sell them. They’ll keep some to see if they can get a Chinese or Russian consultant - or even a treasonous US scumbag - to train them.


27 posted on 08/25/2021 11:18:17 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: USA Conservative

“Where’s the Upinator on this thing?”


28 posted on 08/25/2021 11:20:17 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

There are regimes that will provide what they need, IMHO.


29 posted on 08/25/2021 11:25:47 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Seruzawa
they are running a Blackhawk down a taxi way.

How many maintenance hours did they just burn in that taxi?

30 posted on 08/25/2021 11:31:00 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: USA Conservative

M 18s?


31 posted on 08/25/2021 11:31:21 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: RinaseaofDs

I seriously doubt the Russians or Chinese are interested in UH-60A’s which is our oldest version and we don’t even use them anymore. The MH-300’s are not cutting edge either and commercial versions of the same helicopter are available.


32 posted on 08/25/2021 11:32:14 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: Lurker

No, just the choppers. That’s what the thread is about.


33 posted on 08/25/2021 11:32:30 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MrLucky1966

“I’m surprised they knew how to fire up the engines.”

Yeah, that had to be a person somewhat familiar with jet turbine operation. Not necessarily a pilot.


34 posted on 08/25/2021 11:33:03 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Seruzawa

I do believe the Taliban’s main benefactors, the Russians and the Chinese, will be more than happy to supply the maintenance and technical help needed.


35 posted on 08/25/2021 11:34:24 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: USA Conservative

A similar issue happened in Iran after Carter lost that country. The Shah had our jets but Iran failed to maintain them.


36 posted on 08/25/2021 11:35:38 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Live Stim, Dead Stim.


37 posted on 08/25/2021 11:39:55 AM PDT by brianr10
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To: steve86
Yeah, that had to be a person somewhat familiar with jet turbine operation. Not necessarily a pilot.

Come to think of it, many of them are educated, some educated here maybe. I know they also have lots of stupid grunts too but their leaders and mid levels have much more education. My neighbor (he was a Master Sergeant) was in charge of the repair shop for the A-7 when they were based at Pittsburgh for the PA Air National Guard. He knew how to fix them, fire them up and taxi the planes and even learned from the pilots to take off and even fly.

My BFF's father was a chopper mechanic, maintained Cobra Gunships in Vietnam but he was also part of a program where enlisted personnel (he was also a Master Sergeant) can become pilots and he also flew combat missions. The Army was so desperate then where they needed a lot of butts in the pilot's seats.
38 posted on 08/25/2021 11:41:04 AM PDT by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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To: rightwingcrazy

We’ve got a new maintenance contract. One small catch it’s in.... Yeah I suppose there are a few insane who would go there now given the current insanity level of this world.


39 posted on 08/25/2021 11:42:04 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Nateman

The taliban would most likely threaten to kill a specific group of people unless we helped supply the necessary intelligence to fly these weapons.


40 posted on 08/25/2021 11:43:17 AM PDT by princess leah
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