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Afghan Air Force
![Taliban Again Demands Return of Afghan Aircraft in Central Asia Taliban Again Demands Return of Afghan Aircraft in Central Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_18-58-33.jpg)
Taliban Again Demands Return of Afghan Aircraft in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
The U.S. position on the matter hasn't budged: Afghan aircraft outside the country are unlikely to be flown back into Taliban hands.
![Where Are the Afghan Air Force’s Aircraft Now? Where Are the Afghan Air Force’s Aircraft Now?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-09-155421.jpg)
Where Are the Afghan Air Force’s Aircraft Now?
By Catherine Putz
As 11 more Mi-17 helicopters originally intended for Afghanistan head to Ukraine, eyes turn to the Afghan Air Force planes left in Central Asia.
![SIGAR on the Unsustainability of the Afghan Air Force SIGAR on the Unsustainability of the Afghan Air Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-10-144624.jpg)
SIGAR on the Unsustainability of the Afghan Air Force
By Catherine Putz
In a classified January 2021 report, SIGAR warned that the Afghan air forces were unsustainable without continued U.S. support. The newly declassified report explains why.
![The Final Flights of the Afghan Air Force The Final Flights of the Afghan Air Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-30-114723.jpg)
The Final Flights of the Afghan Air Force
By Catherine Putz
As the Afghan government collapsed, the country’s pilots were left with an impossible choice: stay and face possible death at the hands of the Taliban, or fly away.
![Witnesses: Afghan Government Airstrike Kills at Least 14 Witnesses: Afghan Government Airstrike Kills at Least 14](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-23-7.jpg)
Witnesses: Afghan Government Airstrike Kills at Least 14
By Associated Press
The strike targeted a gathering to celebrate the release of a former Taliban prisoner.
![Afghanistan’s Air Force Receives Five More MD-530F Helicopters Afghanistan’s Air Force Receives Five More MD-530F Helicopters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-md-loadout-oct19-4631-sharing.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Air Force Receives Five More MD-530F Helicopters
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The five helicopters are part of a $1.4 billion contract for the delivery of an estimated 150 armed MD-530 rotorcraft to Afghanistan by 2022.
![India Delivers 2 More Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan India Delivers 2 More Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-screen-shot-2019-10-16-at-9.55.27-am.jpg)
India Delivers 2 More Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Indian officials handed over the last two of four Mi-24v helicopter gunships to the Afghan Air Force on October 15.
![India Delivers Two Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan India Delivers Two Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-screen-shot-2019-05-20-at-6.00.08-pm.jpg)
India Delivers Two Mi-24V Attack Helicopters to Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India delivered the first two of four Mi-24V helicopter gunships to the Afghan Air Force on May 16.
![US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Pentagon has extended a procurement contract for the Afghan Air Force’s A-29s until 2024.
![A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Five out of 15 airstrikes that the Afghan Air Force conducts each day are carried out by A-29 light attack aircraft.
![India to Deliver 4 More Helicopter Gunships to Afghanistan India to Deliver 4 More Helicopter Gunships to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-05_15-58-38.jpg)
India to Deliver 4 More Helicopter Gunships to Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India will finance the delivery of four attack helicopters by Belarus to Afghanistan.
![Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1_20180325-aaf-blur-1.jpg)
Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Afghan Air Force light attack aircraft used a laser-guided bomb to destroy a Taliban compound in Southwestern Afghanistan.
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