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‘Biden left 158 Black Hawks for the Taliban’…
https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on August 20, 2021 3:25 pm

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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https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/meuser-black-hawks-afghanistan-taliban/2021/08/19/id/1032994/


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To: Red Badger

“thinking in an inverse manner”?

WTF?

Typical politician, a head full of chit and it running out of their mouth.


81 posted on 08/20/2021 2:14:59 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: blackdog

Taking undefended desert with abandoned weapons takes no competence or sophistication.


82 posted on 08/20/2021 2:15:19 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Red Badger
‘Biden left 158 Black Hawks for the Taliban’…

Sleepy Joe & the socialist Democrats really enjoy giving away other people's money for free ...

It's good to be the game-show host! Let's Make a "Deal!"


83 posted on 08/20/2021 2:18:32 PM PDT by gw-ington (Democrat policies are obviously weakening America, so vote conservative.)
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To: Red Badger

And they will get parts where?


84 posted on 08/20/2021 2:37:49 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Red Badger

That’s ok, Joe says we took all the spare keys. They’ll never get them off the ground.


85 posted on 08/20/2021 2:43:52 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: blackdog

Why did he call Kamala Harris his Secretary of Defense?

Yeah, I caught him doing that too.


86 posted on 08/20/2021 2:46:51 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blackdog

“Taliban took command and control of the entire country in 11 days”

True, but that can be done with guns and brutality. Watching these newly inspired warriors for god try to fly a helicopter would be like watching a drunk chick trying to ride a mechanical bull at a county bar. Would be highly entertaining.


87 posted on 08/20/2021 2:55:56 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: tbpiper
I went to flight school in the 70s and 80s with these primitive fools. The later they not. We have trained tens of thousands of very capable pilots thruout the regions.

It will be the maintaining part they fall short with.

88 posted on 08/20/2021 3:00:46 PM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: Red Badger

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.

I bet we send the rest of those aircraft anyway. Effin’ Taliban depantsed Biden (and thus, the US) in front of the whole world. Biden was wearing inside out skidmarked undies, fortunately sparing us the look of his wrinkled a* and ba*.


89 posted on 08/20/2021 3:07:39 PM PDT by ro_dreaming ("XX = female; XY = male. Who's the science deniers now?" - Me)
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To: xone

wow...thats a ton...and far more challenging than getting weapons on them.


90 posted on 08/20/2021 4:23:11 PM PDT by NicoDon
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To: DoodleDawg
They were left for the Afghan military.

Oh, you mean that mighty army that withstood the advance of the Taliban for, uh, twelve hours?

91 posted on 08/20/2021 4:56:28 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’m in...


92 posted on 08/20/2021 4:57:11 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: AAABEST

Uh hmmm. Take a peek just forward of the nose, maybe 25 yards out.


93 posted on 08/20/2021 5:01:37 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: tbpiper

Enter their new allies ... Chinese pilots.


94 posted on 08/20/2021 5:02:47 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: jughandle
They’ll never get them off the ground.

That's the easy part. Walking away from a landing is the real trick.

95 posted on 08/20/2021 5:04:21 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK
Oh, you mean that mighty army that withstood the advance of the Taliban for, uh, twelve hours?

Twelve hours? Was it that long?

96 posted on 08/21/2021 5:50:20 AM PDT by DoodleDawg ( )
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To: blackdog

Because he’s a dumbass, dementia addled twit.


97 posted on 08/21/2021 1:27:24 PM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: GingisK

They’re going to turn them over the the Chinks.


98 posted on 08/21/2021 1:29:17 PM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

That would be a very safe bet.


99 posted on 08/21/2021 2:12:25 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: butlerweave

(D)..........................


100 posted on 08/23/2021 5:23:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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