Afghanistan
US DoD activates Civil Reserve Air Fleet to assist with Afghanistan efforts
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III announced on August 22 that he has ordered the Commander of US Transportation Command to activate Stage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet programme to assist with the Afghanistan evacuation
French transports sent to Kabul to support mass withdrawal effort
With the ongoing deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, has sent airlift assets from the French Air and Space Force to support evacuation efforts
Italy pushes forward with Afghanistan evacuations
The Italian Air Force continues to send its airlift assets to Kabul, Afghanistan, as coalition forces push ahead with the evacuation of civil/military personnel, former Afghan collaborators and their families from the nation
Investigation into USAF C-17A incident in Kabul could be launched
An official investigation could be launched into the chaotic first hours of the Kabul airlift that saw a US Air Force C-17 taxiing through a crowd of Afghan civilians attempting to flee the country, before taking off with some people still clinging on
Where are Afghanistan’s 14 commercial airliners?
Key.Aero charts where the country’s collection of airliners is currently positioned following the Taliban’s takeover
Chaos in Kabul as coalition forces continue to withdraw from Afghanistan
As the Taliban entered Kabul to complete its rapid re-conquest of Afghanistan following the NATO withdrawal, order broke down at the city’s Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands of civilians forced their way onto the tarmac in a bid to board one of the many military airlift flights evacuating US and other nationals
The role of airpower in the withdrawal of coalition troops from Afghanistan
All US and coalition troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 after two decades. We look at the role of airpower in the evacuation and the possibility of follow-on missions
Afghan MD530F makes emergency landing in Helmand
An MDHI MD530F Cayuse Warrior light attack/scout helicopter assigned to the Afghan Air Force was forced to make an emergency landing near Lashkar Gar Square in Helmand province on July 29
ANALYSIS: A look at the Afghan Air Force's aircraft inventory
While the future of Afghanistan may emerge from negotiations shaped by regional powers, its air force may be called upon to defend the nation, as we report
Afghan Mi-17 crashes in Jaghatu
An Afghan Air Force-operated Mil Mi-17/17V-5 'Hip-H' heavy-lift tactical transport helicopter crashed during the night of June 8-9 in the Jaghatu district of Afghanistan’s Maidan Wardak province, following a technical malfunction