By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
This
list aims to comprehensively catalogue the Afghan aircraft captured at Kabul International Airport (IAP) but rendered disabled by U.S. forces. United States forces stationed at Kabul during the withdrawal efforts from Afghanistan are reported to have rendered 73 aircraft and helicopters inoperable for future use. Although the full extent of damage the aircraft suffered remains unknown, it can be expected that U.S. forces damaged them sufficiently to prevent their use in the near future.
Aircraft captured at Kabul International Airport but rendered disabled by U.S. forces:
Aircraft (28)
- 12x A-29B light attack aircraft: (1) (2) (3, 4 and 5) (6, 7, 8 and 9) (10 and 11) (12)
- 12x C-208/AC-208 utility/attack aircraft: (1 and 2) (3, 4 and 5) (6) (7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) (12)
- 3x C-130 transport aircraft: (1) (2) (3)
- 1x PC-12NG special mission aircraft: (1)
Helicopters (48)
- 12x UH-60A 'Blackhawk' transport helicopter: (1 and 2) (3) (4) (5 and 6) (7, 8, 9 and 10) (11 and 12)
- 6x CH-46 transport helicopter: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
- 14x MD 530F attack helicopter: (1 and 2) (3) (4 and 5) (6) (7) (8 and 9) (10, 11 and 12) (13 and 14)
- 14x Mi-8/Mi-17 transport helicopter: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7, 8 and 9) (10) (11, 12 and 13) (14)
- 2x Mi-24V attack helicopter: (1) (2) (Likely to have been left untouched by U.S. forces)