Afghan Air Force pilots have been the highest value targets of a Taliban assassination campaign recently. These Pilots, Crews, and Maintainers were under the greatest threat, and have been some of the first to flip sides in order to survive.
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Update: Kandahar Airport. Another Blackhawk captured, reports of Jets having been captured as well. No video of fixed wing assets, yet.
Other Taliban Air Assets:
Theyve also managed to capture a few Scan Eagle Drones, $3.2M a piece.
Correction: the video of the Mi-17 is a group of CIA backed militia.
Deleted the mi-17 video because it was apparently an older video of some CIA backed militia, not Taliban. 👍
Update:
A29 Super Tucano and a Little Bird
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