List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force
This is the List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force.
An Afghan Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter takes off on a mission
Current Inventory
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Aircraft | ||||||
| Cessna 208 | United States | ground attack / ISR | AC-208 | 10[1] | ||
| A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | COIN / attack | 24[2] | 5 on order | ||
| Transport | ||||||
| Boeing 727 | United States | VIP transport | 1[2] | 2 on order from Ariana Afghan Airlines[3] | ||
| C-130 Hercules | United States | transport | C-130H | 4[2] | ||
| Cessna 208 | United States | transport / utility | 25[2] | |||
| Cessna 182 | United States | transport / utility | 6[4] | |||
| Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | transport / utility | PC-12NG | 18[5] | ||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Mil Mi-17 | Russia | utility | Mi-8/17 | 82[6] | 30 of them are in use with the Special Mission Wing[7] | |
| Mil Mi-24 | Russia | attack | Mi-35 | 11;[8][9] | ||
| MD500 Defender | United States | light attack / training | MD 530F | 29[2] | ||
| Bell UH-1 | United States | utility | UH-1H | 10[2] | ||
| HAL Cheetah | India | utility | 3[2] | |||
| Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
| MD 500 | United States | light attack / training | MD 530F | 4 on order[2] | ||
References
- "World Air Forces 2020". Flightglobal Insight. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "Afghan AF acquires 3 Boeing 727s". Air Forces Monthly. Key Publishing: 30. December 2014.
- "Afghan air force receives first three Cessna planes". kansas. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
- International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2016. London: Taylor&Francis. James Hackett. p. 504. ISBN 9781857438352.
- http://www.armyaviationmagazine.com/index.php/archive/not-so-current/748-the-afghanistan-special-mission-wing
- "Order of Battle — Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- The Military Balance 2016. p.231
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