You can hear the lovely Huey noise... Three CH-47C Chinooks of the Aviazione dell'Esercito (Italian Army Aviation) were deployed in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in 2005 to Kabul, Afghanistan and needed armed protection during their transport missions. To fulfill that task, three with armed AB212 (Anti-Surface Warfare) helicopters of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) were deployed too. Weird to see those Navy Hueys deployed in a country with hardly any water.

This Mi-24P was assigned to the Afghan National Army - Air Corps (ANA-AC) Rotary wing, 377 Regiment. One of the rare day's, the attack helicopter flew.

This Mi-24P was assigned to the Afghan National Army - Air Corps (ANA-AC) Rotary wing, 377 Regiment. One of the rare day's, the attack helicopter flew.

This Boeing is reported withdrawn from use in 2009.

Deployed to Afghanistan with 55th RQS and seen here at Kandahar.

Deployed to Afghanistan with 55th RQS and seen here at Kandahar.

Former AH-64A 83-23805 with c/n PV030

Deployed to Afghanistan with 3-158th AVN and seen here at Kandahar.

Deployed to Afghanistan with 55th RQS and seen here at Kandahar.

Deployed to Afghanistan with 55th RQS and seen here at Kandahar.

Tough to see, but this is KAC seen from the small control tower of Kunduz in its Ariana white/blue colours. The aircraft could not be approach at the moment of my visit due to the risk of stepping on a land mine. The YAK was dumped just behind a Short-Range Air Defence (SHORAD) hill, once prepped by the Russians. The inside of the Yak was long time used as a shelter for personnel of the air defense system during the tough weather conditions in Northern Afghanistan.

This 1971 An-12B was delivered as CCCP-11102 to AFL/Magadan-GDX and served through the years Magadan Avia (as RA-11102), British Gulf International (S9-BOS and this EX-163). It then served South Airlines (EK-11102), Taron Avia (EK-12704), Asia Airways (EY-406) and Allied Serv. Ltd (again as EY-406). With the latter, the An-12B sadly crashed during its take-off from Juba (South Sudan) on 4 November 2015 while en-route to Paloich (South Sudan) when it failed to gain height. The aircraft smashed against a small hill. Fifteen of the seventeen on board were killed along with about 25 on the ground.

This Chinook was delivered to the US Army as CH-47C with serial 70-15033 and accepted on 16 December 1971). It was converted to CH-47D with serial 91-00232 and redelivered on 31 October 1991. It was last reported as stored at Middletown-Summit Airport (DE) with Summit Aviation (DE) in February 2016.

This Chinook was delivered to the USArmy as CH-47A with serial 66-00101 and accepted on 9 September 1966. It was converted to CH-47D with serial 85-24348 and redelivered on 27 May 1986. The helicopter then served A/2-159th AVN from April 1994 to October 1997 and was transferred to C/159th AVN on 16 October 1997 up to June 2003. Fro 2006, the CH-47D appeared in Afghanistan where it was sadly lost in an accident on 1 July 2010. It was reported that the accident was not related to enemy fire, no further details known.

This Chinook was delivered to the US Army as CH-47A with serial 63-07914 and accepted on 31 August 1964. The helicopter was converted to CH-47D with serial 87-00104 and redelivered on 30 July 1988. The helicopter was withdrawn from use by 2016 and eventually dumped at Middletown-Sum with Summit Aviation (DE).