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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The moron left an air force. 🤬
The sand monkeys won’t be able to fly them or maintain them, but the Russians and Chinese will be happy to buy a few on the cheap for study.
It's not as if they left behind something important, like 158 Subzero freezers filled with Jeni's ice cream, or 158 fully-stocked liquor cabinets.
Pelosi would have to send in the 101st Airborne to retrieve that stuff.
Agreed, however if we ever get our people out of there we need to destroy every last bit of equipment we can find.
Later for infiltration and espionage.
At 6-11 mil a piece, heads should be rolling, indeed.
Agreed. This was planned and Joe is the Patsy.
It’s ok. I’m sure he still has the keys for those planes.
Lara Logan on Tucker Carlson explains what happened in Afghanistan
You can probably pick one up on Ebay today for half that. /sarc
It’s hard to recover that many helos quickly even with in-flight refueling (I believe the Black Hawks include the probe). Need to be moved by jet transport. These weren’t moved INTO Iraq en masse: it was a few at a time.
I don’t even care. They can’t fly them. Our guys can barely fly them.
Hopefully they left keys under the sun-visors.
The equipment was in the hands of the Afghan military not the U.S. military. How do you take it back? Especially when all your troops are long gone from the country?
Whatever had to be left behind after that, could have been destroyed either by specials forces on their way out...or airstrikes.
Special forces were long since out of the country so it's hard to see how they destroy it on the way out.
Earlier this week Biden said the Taliban didn’t have an Air-Force. The do now.
All part of the plan. Read somewhere the US was delivering more equipment over the last few weeks/months.
they intended to leave the Taliban well equipped.
This is an impeachable offense.
They fly united.
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