Some of the helicopters were nevertheless evacuated: the Pentagon ordered servicing of the "Afghan" Mi-17s from an American company

_{Mi-17 Afghan Air Force}

American company Leidos Inc. headquartered in Virginia received a $ 21 million contract, according to which it must carry out logistical maintenance of Mi-17 helicopters and single-engine turboprop aircraft PC-12 [cars of Swiss origin were used by Afghan special forces].

They previously supported the Afghan forces

- celebrated at Defense World.

Since 2017, the specified company has been fulfilling orders from the US Department of Defense under the CLS Bridge - Afghanistan Air Force program (logistics of the Afghan Air Force). Since then, she has received $ 539,6 million, while outsourcing the work to subcontractors. The contract concluded in 2017 ended, and therefore was reissued on August 31 of this year. The first order under the new agreement was the MTO of the "Afghan" Mi-17 in the amount of $ 21 million. If earlier the corresponding work was carried out in Afghanistan, now they will take place in the United Arab Emirates. The new contract is valid until August 31, 2022.

Thus, not all combat aviation The Afghan Air Force went to the Taliban (representatives of a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), not counting the cars that sheltered the Central Asian countries without agreements with the United States. Nevertheless, some of the helicopters and planes were evacuated, ending up in the UAE.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

I have read the article more than once, this is the conclusion of the journalist that the repairs will be for the "Afghan" letak, for the development of the business, the repair of the bearded letak suggests itself.

[Alex777]

With these States, anything can be. I won’t be surprised.

[Real Pilot]

Meanwhile, this news is not surprising.
For many years, the Americans have had an aircraft maintenance and revision center at the airport of the Emirate of Sharjah in the UAE. This is a small and not particularly eye-catching emirate, not Dubai at all in the imagination of the majority.
There, by the way, they carried out military modernization of the same Mi-17 civilian versions purchased in Russia shortly before the contract with Rosoboronexport ...
So it seems like a natural solution to move some cars there for repair and storage.

[Peak]

Some of the helicopters were nevertheless evacuated: the Pentagon ordered servicing of the "Afghan" Mi-17s from an American company

How is that ???

- "Black Hawks" were abandoned, and the Mi-17 was evacuated ???

[Pereira]

Perhaps they went to a different department.

[Tatyana]

Thus, not all the combat aviation of the Afghan Air Force went to the Taliban (representatives of a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), not counting the machines that the Central Asian countries sheltered outside of agreements with the United States. Nevertheless, some of the helicopters and planes were evacuated, ending up in the UAE.

By the way, on the military side of the airport in Kabul, the helicopters and equipment left by the Americans were disabled by the American military before leaving.
The Pentagon has already confirmed this.

And according to Al Jazeera, the Taliban are very angry about this and "feel betrayed and deceived" by the Americans. Namely.
The Taliban expected the Americans to leave their helicopters intact and usable. But having found out the planes and helicopters out of order, the militants were extremely disappointed. They said: "we believe that this is a national treasure, and now we are a government, and all this could be very useful to us",

[Burbulator]

What, in your opinion, was thrown by Nat. Afghanistan Air Corps?

[Reserve buildbat]

It's just that the Black Hawks couldn't take off on their own

[Sasha from Uralmash]

You can't take a lot on the Bleks, a couple of marathon suitcases! And on the Mi-17? So they thought about that!

[askort154]

RealPilot ...There, by the way, they carried out military modernization of the same Mi-17 civilian versions purchased in Russia shortly before the contract with Rosoboronexport ...

Sharjah is a forge of repair and alteration of aviation equipment. From Russia there (in the 90s) the younger brother of Bout ruled. The post-accident remnants of aircraft, mainly An-12, were taken out of Africa, restored and used for their own purposes. Uncle Vasya is a pensioner;
engines whose vibration level was no worse than that of the factory ones.

[sabakina]

And what will the head of the motor transport department say?

[tihonmarine]

Quote: sabakina

And what will the head of the motor transport department say?

The floor is given to the head of the motor transport department - "This is it, in the morning we need a little bit so that everyone is kind."

[tralflot1832]

The head of the transport department of the bearded men loads food from the agricultural fields of Afghanistan into the next MI 17. The CIA promised to wash the cargo compartment upon arrival of the board for repairs UAE. Perfect, right?

[Region-25.rus]

The video resembled an episode from the famous film - "Full Metal Jacket". "The one who runs is a Vietcong! The one who stands is a disciplined Vietcong!" Replace "Viet Cong" with "Afghan" and ... nothing has changed.

[rocket757]

All, not all, left a lot of eyes.