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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 11, 2019, 01:23:44 pm
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The U.S. Spent $8 Billion on Afghanistan’s Air Force. It’s Still Struggling.
By David Zucchino – New York Times
The A-29 attack plane was a white speck in the bright skies over eastern Afghanistan as it launched a dummy bomb that exploded just yards from the target, a wrecked truck. “Spot on!†said an American adviser watching the exercise.
The plane’s Afghan pilot had been guided by an Afghan coordinator on the ground — but only after previous bombing runs had struck well wide of the truck.
Eleven years after the United States began building an air force for Afghanistan at a cost now nearing $8 billion, it remains a frustrating work in progress, with no end in sight. Some aviation experts say the Afghans will rely on American maintenance and other support for years.
https://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/us-spent-8-billion-afghanistans-air-force-its-still-struggling