Posted on 08/20/2021 12:37:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
Questions Abound on Abandoned Black Hawks
Congressman Dan Meuser said on Newsmax there are many questions the administration must face, including the decision to leave behind expensive U.S.-made weaponry including Black Hawk helicopters.
The Pennsylvania Republican said 158 Black Hawks were left behind for the Taliban to seize.
“That is a billion dollars worth of Black Hawk helicopters left behind,” said Meuser. “Speaker Pelosi refers to this as leaving some stuff behind. These people are thinking in an inverse manner compared to how my constituents certainly feel about this issue, and I believe, most rational members of Congress.”
The actual amount of equipment seized by the Taliban, or even whether any Black Hawks or the other aircraft is still operable, is not yet being reported by the federal government, reports Defense One.
According to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, as of June 30, the Afghan Air Force had just over 200 planes and helicopters, the site reports. Of that, just 167 was available for missions, with most operating from Kabul and Kandahar, the special inspector report indicates.
Not all of the Afghan military’s aircraft came from the United States. According to the report, the Afghan government had 50 American-made MD-530 attack helicopters, and its Air Force had been flying the Black Hawks and Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, among other planes.
According to the report, the United States gave the Afghan Air Force more than 130 aircraft over the last 20 years, and in July the Defense Department said it would be providing the Afghan Air Force with 35 more Black Hawks and three A-29 Super Tucanos, but just three of the new Black Hawks were delivered last month.
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Time to buy United Technologies Corporation stock which owns Sikorsky!
They all look alike?...............
This was planned.
By Sikorski Aircraft? I’m sure they would be happy to supply the Taliban with spare parts.
ChiComs will underbid by a bunch.
And that's really the larger point.
Highly doubtful they have the personnel necessary to fly...and maintain them. However, selling them to the any number of our adversaries or trading them for more guns, ammunition, personnel carriers/trucks, etc. is the most likely scenario.
Not good no matter how one looks at it.
can you sell a helicopter on the arms black market?
“On the 20th Anniversary of 9-11, the Biden Admin gives the Taliban heavy war fighting machinery, and distributes terrorists throughout major US cities — reports can be shown to support this unbelievable assertion.”
Bingo. And obama smiles.
What? Nobody can be that stupid. Can they?
Drone strike on anything that moves that is military equipment or vehicles.
Top libtarded and woke Pentagon and DoD complicit, as well, bet.
Every branch of service needs a limb chopped off. Army loses a couple divisions, a Marine division, Navy a carrier or two, Billets for admirals and generals shrunk greatly, etc.
The woke Pentagon brass needs to feel some pain for violating the oaths they swore to.
And no thought of having our attack aircraft take out these stockpiles of equipment?
They will probably sell them to China.
From what I hear Muslims idea of maintenance is “If Allah wills it...”.
Of course.
Delivery might be a slight problem, though...................
They need them for the traffic reports on “Good Morning Kandahar” and the “Morning Zoo with Mullah Ali and Crazy Abdul” ...
Yes. That's exactly what Trump mentioned a few days ago. (1) Get the civilians out first (2) then the equipment (3) then the military.
Whatever had to be left behind after that, could have been destroyed either by specials forces on their way out...or airstrikes.
Besides, without spare parts or trained aviation mechanics they won't be flying for long."
It's not about the Taliban flying them. They can easily sell them (fully working and maintained or not) to Russia / China / Iran / Pakistan / North Korea / for cash. If not for cash, trade them for more weapons, ammunition or upgraded "troop transports" from their Toyota's.
May as well left behind brief cases of gold and assorted currencies.
The next Chinese model is going to look remarkably similar.
Maintaining them, The USA relied of contractors. At least 10 hrs of maintenance/flight hour.
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