Taliban Air: Fighters seize $6million
US Blackhawk helicopters alongside
tons of American equipment - while
taking to the skies in captured
Russian choppers as advance approaches
outskirts of Kabul
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Tom Pyman
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
8/14/2021 6:45:28 PM
Taliban fighters today seized $6million US Blackhawk helicopters alongside tons of American equipment as they took to the skies in captured Russian choppers amid their advance through Afghanistan. A series of videos being shared on social media show insurgents flying the Kremlin-made mi-17 aircraft around the city of Kandahar, with concerns continuing to grow over the militants' ongoing grab for power.Even more seismic, however, is the evidence that the Taliban have also seized American-made Blackhawk helicopters, made famous in the 2001 Ridley Scott blockbuster.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 8/14/2021 6:47:09 PM (No. 879130)
Time for a few fighter jocks to chalk up a few air to air kills.
23 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/14/2021 6:47:25 PM (No. 879131)
If were going to expend any combat efforts, shoot these things down and blow up our stuff on the ground instead of leaving it for these animals.
45 people like this.
I would turn them on DC
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Videodrone 8/14/2021 7:02:58 PM (No. 879160)
Given how much maintenance is required to keep helicopters flying one hast to wonder how many will still be flying in a few weeks.
20 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/14/2021 7:03:56 PM (No. 879161)
You can bet that examples of every piece of captured US military equipment will shortly be transported to China and Iran for examination, evaluation, and copying.
40 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
nina584 8/14/2021 7:19:42 PM (No. 879174)
Miley and company should be fired after they undergo sex rearrangement
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
red1066 8/14/2021 7:31:55 PM (No. 879186)
If the Afghan military weren't going to fly these things, why did we leave them there. Same with all the military equipment. If it wasn't going to be used to fight the Taliban, why is it being left there. We knew months ago that we were leaving. Your going to to tell everyone you couldn't remove this stuff and bring it back? If the Pentagon has this much money to waste, cut my friggin taxes and the defense budget.
43 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/14/2021 7:36:31 PM (No. 879192)
Since when did the Taliban have the necessary training to fly American and Russian helicopters? Something is smelling real bad here.
24 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/14/2021 7:56:44 PM (No. 879207)
Some of these so-called fighters are Iranian and Syrian pilots who were recruited to help with the takeover. Biden you cheater, you own this military and humanitarian disaster.
27 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
dickiedeeb 8/14/2021 8:06:02 PM (No. 879214)
Thats pretty badass 20 years of nation building and trillions of taxpayer dollars erased in weeks Talibans been there way longer than we been here And theyll likely be there long after were not here Seven hundred years of tradition untrammeled by progress
15 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 8/14/2021 8:25:54 PM (No. 879230)
This whole thing is so messed up, there almost appears to be “collusion” (#2, 5, 7, 8)
There are traitors in our goobermint.
Justice needs to be meted out at dawn.
15 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Blackbird 8/14/2021 8:27:21 PM (No. 879232)
Couldn’t ask for a better definition of incompetence or insanity then the way this withdrawal has been carried out. People need to be fired-starting with Biden.
18 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 8/14/2021 8:30:27 PM (No. 879233)
Obiden is the second coming of Jimmy Carter.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TarAndFeathers 8/14/2021 8:32:42 PM (No. 879234)
Why has not every airstrip and hangar in Afghanistan been subjected to enough strafing and bombing to destroy every aircraft? I smell Milley and his creatures.
23 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
SALady 8/14/2021 8:36:35 PM (No. 879237)
If this were any other administration, I would assume that the Blackhawks have been "neutralized" and could never be made to fly again.
However, not-my-president Lyin' Joe biden probably ordered them to leave the Blackhawks with full tanks and the keys in the ignition...
21 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/14/2021 9:01:35 PM (No. 879251)
Most of the Afghan army are Taliban fighters, trained and equipped by the American military. That is why there was no resistance.
9 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 8/14/2021 9:10:04 PM (No. 879263)
All this while Hunters dad sits in his basement
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
downnout 8/14/2021 10:11:15 PM (No. 879303)
We left Blackhawks?. Seriously?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 8/14/2021 10:23:10 PM (No. 879308)
It's on purpose.
They seriously left all that equipment behind without blowing it up? Even the most uneducated soldier in the Civil War knew to destroy stuff before leaving it.
14 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 8/14/2021 11:25:02 PM (No. 879341)
Why are we leaving Blackhawk Helicopters behind for the evil doers? Idiot Generals!
7 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
qr4j 8/14/2021 11:33:38 PM (No. 879345)
Rhymes with “hit” show. Completely and utterly a “hit” show! We can lay this at the feet of Biden and Heels-Up Kamala.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 8/14/2021 11:59:14 PM (No. 879354)
I knew leaving all that stuff there was going to be used against us. Idiot 0bama generals.
I bet they also have Stingers, Manpads etc.
Next day or so they will probably be shooting down the evacuation airliners.
5 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
mifla 8/15/2021 5:58:00 AM (No. 879447)
With enemies like American, who needs friends?
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
judy 8/15/2021 6:09:34 AM (No. 879452)
Are you saying the military does not have devices to stop engines like car dealerships have to stop motors on vehicles when they are stolen????Biden as our president is very concerning....one thing for sure Trump would not have allowed this to happen. This country is One Big Mess!!!!!
3 people like this.
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