[MinorityRepublican]

They were out of ammunition and waiting for air support. Which never came.

Can the Afghans fly helicopters?

[zek157]

They flew Russian MI-17s and could actually do maintenance on them until the US made them use Hh-60s.

- While the Afghans perform 80 percent of the maintenance on Mi-17s and 20 percent is done by contractors, UH-60As are “almost entirely reliant” on contractors, the report states