A fresh arrival at Kandahar, as the Black Hawk lack any dust over the fuselage. Its (former?) squadron markings were clearly repainted

Most probably assigned to 7-101st AVN

This Lynx logged its first flight on 9 July'79, it was retained by Westland for all kind of flight trials. The Lynx was delivered as an AH1 to the Army Air Corps on 22 February 1984. It was later converted to AH7. Served the AAC up to 1 Dercember 2011. On that day, the Lynx suffered an in flight fire due to a hydraulic leak. The pilot performed an emergency landing in a field near Tatenhausen (Germany), about 16 km from RAF Gütersloh. The crew abandoned the helicopter which was consumed by fire before the local fire brigade arrived.

Speaking about wear and tear... this Sea King clearly shows it has a tough time over war-torn Afghanistan. It just landed from a mission and returned to its parking spot at Kandahar. ZG821was sold (as one of seven) to Pakistan and officially handed over on 25 May 2017. Some were intended to use as spare part, but ZG821 was planned for active duty with Pakistan. The tie-up to its new Paki serial (19?) is not clear.

First flight at 14 March 1980, delivered to the Army Air Corps as a Lynx HT1 on 2 April 1980, redesignated to AH1. Later modified to AH7. After a long AAC career, stored with MPSU at Middle Wallop and being stripped for spares up to June 2015. Then dumped at Middle Wallop. Became an instructional airframe with DSEME at Lyneham from early September 2015. The AH7 is seen hovering over the Dutch platform at Kandahar. After landing it waited with XZ208 for the take-off of two Dutch Chinooks. They then joined for a mission to Uruzgan in which both Lynx' gave armed support.

Bought directly from Lockheed along as commercial L100-30 aircraft (former N4080M) as a replacement Hercules for written-off RCAF C-130s. It was delivered to the RCAF on 16 May 1997, modified to CC-130H-30 military standard by Spar Aerospace at Edmonton and assigned to No. 8 Wing at CFB Trenton in May 1997. 344 is seen here taking off from Kandahar with a fine combat vehicle back-ground.

A 1985 built seven-three. It started its life as N1790B with Boeing. Sold to CAAC - Civil Aviation Administration of China as B-2512 on 12 Oct'85. Moved as such to China Southern Airlines in 1989 and to Xiamen Airlines on 29 Nov'94. Withdrawn from use and moved to AerFi Corp. as N234GE on 15 Nov'00. Sold to Air Kazakhstan as UN-B3703 on 20 Dec'00. Phoenix Aviation became the new owner in Jun'04 of the 737 which received registration EX-027. Became A6-PHA with Phoenix in Feb'05 and was eventually sold as such to AVE in 2006. Permanently withdrawn from use at Sharjah (UAE). Last noted in Feb'19.

Rolling down the single runway of kandahar, this heavy armed Harrier of 4sq made its first flight on 12 Dec'88 and was delivered to the RAF as a GR7 on 23 Dec'88. Converted to GR7A in late 2003 and in late 2009 to GR9A. Withdrawn from use in Dec'10, stored at Cottesmore and later sold to the USA and shipped to 309th AMARG in early 2012. Moved from AMARC by Aug'23. Sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson.

Reportedly taken on charge by the Afghan Air Force in 1981. Returned to Russia in a beautiful camouflage patern for overhaul somewhere in mid-2005 and returned to the 382 Regiment of the Afghan National Army - Air Corps (ANA-AC) in January 2006 in this boring grey colour scheme. Reportedly retired on 24 December 2010. But assigned to the Kabul Air Wing up to 2022. Current state unknown.

First flight at 14 March 1980, delivered to the Army Air Corps as a Lynx HT1 on 2 April 1980, redesignated to AH1. Later modified to AH7. After a long AAC career, stored with MPSU at Middle Wallop and being stripped for spares up to June 2015. Then dumped at Middle Wallop. Became an instructional airframe with DSEME at Lyneham from early September 2015. The AH7 is seen hovering over the Dutch platform at Kandahar. After landing it waited with XZ208 for the take-off of two Dutch Chinooks. They then joined for a mission to Uruzgan in which the Lynx gave armed support (doorgun on right side).

Assigned to 4th Reg. This Longbow starts a new combat mission over southern Afghanistan. The Apache arrived in the UK on 8 Oct'00 and was delivered to GNK-Westland Ltd a few days later. It was assigned to the Advanced Helicopter Training Unit at Middle Wallop from 2001, then moved by road to Shawbury for storage in early 2003 and stored up late 2004. Moved to Agusta-Westland Ltd at Yeovil for modifications. Transferred to the Army Air Corps in late 2005. Deployed to Afghanistan, returned to the UK and was air freighted from Brize to the USA on 10 Mar'20 for conversion to AH-64E by Boeing.

Assigned to 9Regt during this deployment to Afghanistan. The helicopter gave mainly armed support to transport helicopters. The lynx was first flown on 11 May 1979 and delivered as AH1 to the Army Ar Corps on 4 July 1979. It was later converted to AH7. It was last reported as stored with Everett Aero at Sproughton (UK) in 2014

Former company test registration N5112K was delivered as a UC-35A to the US Army 52nd AVN in late 2000. It was converted to UC-35A1 by 2004. The VIP jet is seen here in the heat at the US Army platform at Kandahar.

This Beech served Dynamic Av Lease at the time the picture was made. The King Air is former C-12C 76-22553 of the US Army. It was transferred to the "civil" market on 5 Feb'99 as N255AG with AGES Aircraft Sales & Leasing. In that same month the Dynamic Aviation Group Inc. started to operate the aircraft, most probably in support of US Government agencies. On 24 Apr'01 the Beech was reregistered to N612SA and kept that one until Dec'10 when it became N42J with Dynamic AvLease Inc.. In Mar'19 the King Air was converted to Beech A200 with still Dynamic AvLease Inc. Current state?

Regular visitors at Kandahar were An-124s. They were moving heavy stuff like the armed vehicles in the back ground. This 82081 was assembled from mid-1999 onwards. It only made its first flight on 11 April 2004.