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.
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.
If you understand the treachery and treason of the Left, it is not beyond belief.
The helicopters might be a problem for them, but I’d bet they figure out how to work the thousands of RPG’s we left.
So you know who ISN’T sad about leaving all that equipment in Afghanistan? The damn military industrial complex. THOSE plane, helicopters and arms have already been paid for. Their pockets have already been lined. Now they are just waiting for the replacement order. Austin’s Raytheon buddies are popping the champagne.
What the chance that someone on one of our evacuation planes will enroll in flight school and return to Afghanistan? The way things work in America, we’ll probably pay the guy’s tuition, and give him a living wage stipend while he’s in school.
They are useless to the Tolly Ban but won’t be useless to Russia, China and Iran.
ChiComs ready to help
You may as well give a Blackhawk to a Howler Monkey
Most of the software can only be changed via manual loading. Also much of the software is proprietary (the US government does not own it).
A howler monkey will do less damage to it.
More likely they’ll figure out a way to use them for automatic beheadings on a large scale.
The good news is that when the existing software corrupts, the Tali’s can’t reload it either.
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If they can’t fly them, the tolly will turn them into automatic head choppers after we leave.
GMTA
The “Blackhawk Tarmac Sweeper”.
You are correct. And I don’t consider abandoning helicopters when we abandoned Bagram Air Base to be “the Taliban siezed the helicopters”.
Iranians maintained F-14s years after our embargo against them.
>>This is a disaster of epic proportion’s.<<
It is worse. It is a Biden.
Nevertheless letting them fall into enemy hands is criminal and treasonous.
The Chinese will be maintaining the choppers and teaching the Tahlybahn to fly them
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