List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force

An Afghan Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter takes off on a mission
Afghan MD 530F firing off its gun pods

This is the List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force.

Current Inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
A-29 Super Tucano Brazil COIN / attack 15[1] 5 on order
Transport
Boeing 727 United States VIP transport 1[1] 2 on order from Ariana Afghan Airlines[2]
C-130 Hercules United States transport C-130H 4[1]
Cessna 208 United States transport / utility 25[1]
Cessna 182 United States transport / utility 6[3]
Pilatus PC-12 Switzerland transport / utility PC-12NG 18[4]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-17 Russia utility Mi-8/17 82[5] 30 of them are in use with the Special Mission Wing[6]
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack Mi-35 11;[7][8]
MD500 Defender United States light attack / training MD 530F 29[1]
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 10[1]
HAL Cheetah India utility 3[1]
Trainer Aircraft
MD 500 United States light attack / training MD 530F 4 on order[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Afghan AF acquires 3 Boeing 727s". Air Forces Monthly. Key Publishing: 30. December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Afghan air force receives first three Cessna planes". kansas. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
  5. ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2016. London: Taylor&Francis. James Hackett. p. 504. ISBN 9781857438352.
  6. ↑ http://www.armyaviationmagazine.com/index.php/archive/not-so-current/748-the-afghanistan-special-mission-wing
  7. ↑ Order of Battle — Afghanistan
  8. ↑ The Military Balance 2016. p.231
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