Thanks to Joe Biden the Taliban Now has Over 200 Military Aircraft — Ranks them as #26 in List of Na

[Elderberry]

Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft 8/23/2021

Thanks to Joe Biden the Taliban Now has Over 200 Military Aircraft — Ranks them as #26 in List of Nations in Combat Aircraft Strength

It’s worse than we thought.

Joe Biden supplied the Taliban terrorist organization and their Islamist accomplices with billions of dollars worth of US armaments.

Rather than destroying the equipment before leaving the country, Joe Biden decided to leave the nearly $85 billion worth of US military equipment to the Taliban.





More: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/thanks-joe-biden-taliban-now-200-military-aircraft-ranks-26-list-nations-combat-aircraft-strength/

[PeteS in CA]

Here is the pre-takeover inventory of the Afghan air force, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Air_Force#Inventory_before_the_2021_Taliban_offensive :

10 Cessna 208, equipped for ground attack

19 A-29 Super Tucano

1  Boeing 727

4  C-130H Hercules

24 Cessna 208, equipped for transport/utility

18 Pilatus PC-12, equipped for transport/utility

Plus some 200 helicopters, 132 of which being utility types from 4 manufacturers in 3 different countries (103 are Russian-made, possibly 1980s or 1990s leftovers).

So, yes, the Talibanders captured the Afghan air force's inventory, what was not destroyed by fighting or flown out of the country by Afghan air force pilots. But Hoft's attempt to make the Talibander's brave new air force sound formidable is pretty pathetic. The Talibanders' only jet aircraft is the ancient lone Boeing 727 former airliner.

[Wingnut]

If history serves Muslums of the ilk are not trained for take-off's nor landings......

[PeteS in CA]

If history serves Muslums of the ilk are not trained for take-off's nor landings......

Joking aside, the Talibanders are likely to kill a lot of the trained pilots, non-foreign instructors, and ground crew. So even much of what the Talibanders managed to capture is likely to sit and rot from disuse while new personnel are trained.

Just to add perspective to my previous post, here is a picture of a Cessna 208:





OTOH, militarily speaking, the A-29 is a fairly capable plane, particularly for close air support. But it's no A-10 or AV-8B.