Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Air Force

[ghazi52]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1450493124267155469

 

[Battlion25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1440587023463567360

They have approx currently 200 aircraft trainers and 250 helicopters Black hawks and Apaches. They will likely go shopping soon for Electronic warfare systems, multiple ADS mainly from Pakistan this will also boost Pakistan defense industry. They have drones but will likely need more drones plus JF-17 additions that comes with training and maintenance training package.

 

[Battlion25]

Current Airfroce inventory

A-29 light attack plane

A-29 attack plane
Manufacturer: Embraer (Brazil)
First flight: 1999
Role: Low-cost attack plane armed with precision guided missiles for low-threat environments.
Crew: 2
Length: 37 ft 4 in
Wingspan: 36ft 7in
Max takeoff weight: 11,905 lb
Max speed: 370 mph
Range: 1,744 miles
Service ceiling: 35,000ft
Armament: Guns: Internal 12.7mm machine guns, wing-mounted machine guns.
Rockets: Air-to-air missiles (Sidewinder, Piranha, Python), air-to-ground missiles (AGM-65 Maverick, Roketsan Cirit).
Bombs: Incendiary (BINC-300), cluster (BLG-252) and precision guided bombs (Lizard, Griffin, Paveway II).


C-130 Hercules

C-130 Hercules
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin (USA)
First flight: 1954
Role: Originally designed for troop, medevac and cargo transport. Other roles as a gunship (AC-130) for air assaults, search and rescue, reconnaissance and aerial refueling have been utilised.
Crew: 5
Length: 97 ft 9 in
Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in
Height 38 ft
Max takeoff weight: 75,800lb
Max speed: 370 mph
Range: 2,360 miles
Maximum altitude: 40,000ft
Armament: The AC-130 gunship variants can be armed with miniguns, rotary cannons, howitzers, missiles and bombs.


Mi-17 helicopter

Mi-17 helicopter
Manufacturer: Soviet Union (Russia)
First flight: 1975
Role: Transport helicopter, with gunship capabilities.
Crew: 2 pilots, 1 engineer
Length: 60 ft 7in
Height: 18 ft 6 in
Max takeoff weight: 28,660 lb
Max speed: 170 mph
Range: 500 miles
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft
Armament:
Rockets: S-8 high explosive fragmentation rockets; Ataka anti-tank guided missiles.
Guns: UPK-23-250 23mm autocannon


C-208 plane

C-208 Cessna
Manufacturer: Cessna (USA)
First flight: 1982
Role: Transport aircraft, widely used by civilians and also as serves a military transport role.
Crew: One or two
Length: 37 ft 7 in
Wingspan: 52 ft 1 in
Maximum landing weight: 7,800 lb
Max speed: 186 kn (214 mph)
Range: 1,232 miles
Service ceiling: 25,000ft
Armaments: N/A


MD-540 helicopter

MD-540 helicopter
Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas (USA)
First flight: 1976
Role: Light multifunctional chopper, can be armed with missiles, ideal for scouting missions.
Crew: 2
Length: 30 ft 9 in
Height: 8ft 8.5 in
Max takeoff weight: 2,550 lb
Max speed: 132 knots (152 mph)
Range: 366 miles
Hover ceiling: 8,200 ft
Armament: Four TOW anti-tank missiles OR
Two 7.62mm miniguns OR
Four Stinger air-to-air missiles OR
Mk44/Mk46 torpedoes OR
two seven-shot rocked pods


UH-60 Black Hawk

UH-60 Black Hawk
Manufacturer: Sikorsky Aircraft (USA)
First flight: 1974
Role: Primarily a tactical transport helicopter, later iterations have been more combat oriented.
Crew: 2 pilots and 2 gunners
Length: 64ft 10 in
Height: 16ft 10 in
Max takeoff weight: 22,000 lb
Max speed: 159 knots (183 mph)
Range: 1,380 miles (with extra fuel tanks)
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft
Armament:
Guns: 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240 machine guns OR 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M134 minigun.
Rockets: Unguided (Hydra 70); laser guided (Hellfire and Stinger).
Bombs: Can be equipped with VOLCANO mine clearers.

 

[ghazi52]

Afghan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighters and Ilyushin Il-28 bombers in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the visit of the U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, in December of 1959.

 

[Solidify]

Afghanistan’s Taliban gov't staff should hold charity event from so called Muslim states for funds to refurbish their broken aircrafts?

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Looks like it’ll be stronger than BD’s AF!!! Being under India and not being under India aren’t the same….

 

[FuturePAF]

Afghanistan’s Taliban gov't staff should hold charity event from so called Muslim states for funds to refurbish their broken aircrafts?

This is the time they need food and medicine more than anything else. If people are able to eat they are less likely to be recruited by militant organizations like Daesh.

 

[Sayfullah]

We could sell them our old f-7pg’s. Pg’s will be enough for afghans

 

[Rank]

can anyone enlightened me how Talibans running their state? They dont have money as far as we know.. how they are running these aircrafts? from where they’re getting fuel? How they’re generating electricity etc?

 

[Itachi]

can anyone enlightened me how Talibans running their state? They dont have money as far as we know.. how they are running these aircrafts? from where they’re getting fuel? How they’re generating electricity etc?

They don't have money?

How're they running the state then?

They had enough money to fund their militias and operations. All they need to do is keep feeding the population and troops and keep the cycle going on. Money will start rolling in then.

They got paid, in bounties, for killing US/NATO soldiers too. They have many sources of money...

The right question is how much money they have and is it enough to sustain Afghanistan? Are they working on generating income from taxes? And so on and so forth.

 

[arjunk]

We could sell them our old f-7pg’s. Pg’s will be enough for afghans

They don't need an air force, they need food, water, infrastructure and education if they want their country to stop being a shithole warzone and a leading exporter of terrorism. If they think their air force can stop the US or NATO from invading them again, they are completely delusional. The US can cripple any air force in the world within hours to days, bar the PLAAF.

Besides, who's a military threat to them, Tajikistan? If Tajikistan starts war mongering they know very well Pakistan will take it as an opportunity to strike the Indian air bases they host.

 

[Nasr]

After being ravaged by war, in what seems like a nonstop cycle, Afghanistan is now going to emerge as a rising power, in-sha-Allah.

The key, in the pivotal moment in history, is for Iran and Pakistan to come together with Afghanistan, to establish TRUE MUSLIM unity.

For Iran, it is to let go that they're any different from Sunnis. As all Muslims belong to the Ummah of Nabi Muhammad Alaihi Salaat-u-Wassalam. And Iran should seek rapprochement with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

For Pakistan, well they need to let go of their delirious thinking of associating themselves with a hindu india. You are Muslim, Allah Subhanahu Wata'aalah has gifted you Pakistan, you exist as Pakistanis because of Allah Subhanahu Wata'aalah, not because you have any connections with a hindu india. Admit your lucid delusions and get over it, move on to what you are ... A Muslim!

Afghanistan, I hope that you have learnt from your past, as the present will be a test of your intelligence and the future will be a battle that you have to fight as being the Ummati of Rasoolallah Sallallaho Alaihi Wassalam. Approach a Shia Iran and a Sunni Pakistan, as being the unifying entity. There is a reason why Allah Subhanahu Wata'aalah has blessed you, the same reason why Allah Subhanahu Wata'aalah has blessed both Iran and Pakistan.

So be righteous in your conduct and do not squander away the blessings Allah has granted you.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Current Airfroce inventory

A-29 light attack plane

A-29 attack plane
Manufacturer: Embraer (Brazil)
First flight: 1999
Role: Low-cost attack plane armed with precision guided missiles for low-threat environments.
Crew: 2
Length: 37 ft 4 in
Wingspan: 36ft 7in
Max takeoff weight: 11,905 lb
Max speed: 370 mph
Range: 1,744 miles
Service ceiling: 35,000ft
Armament: Guns: Internal 12.7mm machine guns, wing-mounted machine guns.
Rockets: Air-to-air missiles (Sidewinder, Piranha, Python), air-to-ground missiles (AGM-65 Maverick, Roketsan Cirit).
Bombs: Incendiary (BINC-300), cluster (BLG-252) and precision guided bombs (Lizard, Griffin, Paveway II).


C-130 Hercules

C-130 Hercules
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin (USA)
First flight: 1954
Role: Originally designed for troop, medevac and cargo transport. Other roles as a gunship (AC-130) for air assaults, search and rescue, reconnaissance and aerial refueling have been utilised.
Crew: 5
Length: 97 ft 9 in
Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in
Height 38 ft
Max takeoff weight: 75,800lb
Max speed: 370 mph
Range: 2,360 miles
Maximum altitude: 40,000ft
Armament: The AC-130 gunship variants can be armed with miniguns, rotary cannons, howitzers, missiles and bombs.


Mi-17 helicopter

Mi-17 helicopter
Manufacturer: Soviet Union (Russia)
First flight: 1975
Role: Transport helicopter, with gunship capabilities.
Crew: 2 pilots, 1 engineer
Length: 60 ft 7in
Height: 18 ft 6 in
Max takeoff weight: 28,660 lb
Max speed: 170 mph
Range: 500 miles
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft
Armament:
Rockets: S-8 high explosive fragmentation rockets; Ataka anti-tank guided missiles.
Guns: UPK-23-250 23mm autocannon


C-208 plane

C-208 Cessna
Manufacturer: Cessna (USA)
First flight: 1982
Role: Transport aircraft, widely used by civilians and also as serves a military transport role.
Crew: One or two
Length: 37 ft 7 in
Wingspan: 52 ft 1 in
Maximum landing weight: 7,800 lb
Max speed: 186 kn (214 mph)
Range: 1,232 miles
Service ceiling: 25,000ft
Armaments: N/A


MD-540 helicopter

MD-540 helicopter
Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas (USA)
First flight: 1976
Role: Light multifunctional chopper, can be armed with missiles, ideal for scouting missions.
Crew: 2
Length: 30 ft 9 in
Height: 8ft 8.5 in
Max takeoff weight: 2,550 lb
Max speed: 132 knots (152 mph)
Range: 366 miles
Hover ceiling: 8,200 ft
Armament: Four TOW anti-tank missiles OR
Two 7.62mm miniguns OR
Four Stinger air-to-air missiles OR
Mk44/Mk46 torpedoes OR
two seven-shot rocked pods


UH-60 Black Hawk

UH-60 Black Hawk
Manufacturer: Sikorsky Aircraft (USA)
First flight: 1974
Role: Primarily a tactical transport helicopter, later iterations have been more combat oriented.
Crew: 2 pilots and 2 gunners
Length: 64ft 10 in
Height: 16ft 10 in
Max takeoff weight: 22,000 lb
Max speed: 159 knots (183 mph)
Range: 1,380 miles (with extra fuel tanks)
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft
Armament:
Guns: 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240 machine guns OR 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M134 minigun.
Rockets: Unguided (Hydra 70); laser guided (Hellfire and Stinger).
Bombs: Can be equipped with VOLCANO mine clearers.

the question is not what they have in inventory , USA sabotaged what was left behind the real question is how they fix those sabutage and does they have capability to maintain them

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Azadkashmir]

heroin n naswar trade with pak for food n med n with iran for oil. saudi have stopped naswar maybe cocaine for them.