In May 2021, all the contractors responsible for the Afghans’ fleet of Black Hawk helicopters left at the same time, without the handoff process needed to keep the aircraft maintained and flying ...

O n 21 June 2010, they were crossing Northern Kandahar while flying towards a Taliban village when it crashed during its final approach to the landing zone into rugged Afghan terrain.. Four men ...

Ahmadullah Noori’s face lights up when he talks about his passion for flying. The 27-year-old completed more than 1,300 hours as the pilot of a U.S.-made Black Hawk helicopter for the Afghan ...

The author (credit Jack McCain/US Navy) Jack ‘Whopper’ McCain fought in Afghanistan in the Blackhawk and MH-60S ‘Sierra’ helicopter. He also trained Afghan servicemen to fly. Following a recent crash ...

The Taliban’s defense ministry said at least three Afghan crew members were killed when a U.S.-manufactured Black Hawk helicopter they were flying crashed.

A video emerged on Aug. 25, 2021, showing Taliban members hovering a few feet off the ground and then driving around in a Black Hawk helicopter in Kandahar in an apparent joy ride. Just days later, a ...

Of the Afghan Black Hawk pilots who were not rescued, many have been coerced to keep flying for the Taliban, said McCain, who added he only knows of one Black Hack pilot who willingly joined the ...

The video shows a novice Taliban pilot crashing a $30 million American Black Hawk helicopter, killing one crew member, the training pilot, and himself. The footage was taken by another Taliban member.

Taliban Black Hawk down in Kabul 09/11/2022 September 11, 2022. The helicopter — one of dozens left behind in the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan — crashed during a test flight over Kabul.

Momand sees no contradiction in flying his highly prized Black Hawk for the Taliban, after being trained by the US to fight against the insurgents. "Governments always change. People like us ...

U.S.-trained Afghan air force pilots flew themselves and their families to safety in Uzbekistan aboard more than 40 aircraft, including A-29 light attack planes and Black Hawk helicopters, just ...