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Overuse, Maintenance Problems Strain Afghan Army Helicopter Fleet

Reuters

By Hamid Shalizi and Abdul Qadir Sediqi

KABUL (Reuters) - A deadly mix of hard use and poor maintenance has taken a heavy toll in recent months on Afghanistan's aging fleet of Soviet-era helicopters, one of the mainstays of its air support while U.S. Black Hawk helicopters enter service over coming years.

A crash in southern Afghanistan last month in which two crew members were killed was at least the eighth this year. Earlier incidents have included a crash in the western province of Farah in October in which a deputy army corps commander was killed along with several other senior officials.

As the pace of operations against Taliban and Islamic State insurgents has increased, crews say they have been under pressure to take short cuts with maintenance, an issue U.S. military advisers have highlighted as a major concern for the fledgling Afghan air force they are trying to build up.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-12-06/overuse-maintenance-problems-strain-afghan-army-helicopter-fleet

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