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 Withdrawn from use and moved to AerFi Corp.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 Permanently withdrawn from use at Sharjah (UAE).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 Withdrawn from use in Dec'10, stored at Cottesmore and later sold to the USA and shipped to 309th AMARG in early 2012.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 Air 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.

An unmarked Beech 1900. This aircraft started its life as ZS-OYK with National Airways Corporation on 11 November 2002. Was moved to Airserv International in September 2005 and to Safair in July 2006. Served the United Nations during 2005 and 2006. It is not known if the unmarked aircraft still served the UN in early 2008. In July 2008, it was sold to Solenta Aviation, then by November 10 to Tullow Air and returned to Solenta Aviation. Its registration was cancelled on 28 September 2022. Its construction number was then reported with Algerian prefix 7T-... in late 2022. Current state?

This heavy armed Harrier was first flown on 1 October 19990 and delivered to the RAF as a GR7 on 1 October 1990. Converted to GR9 at Cottesmore from late 2005 and in late 2006 to GR9A. Withdrawn from use in December 2010, stored at Cottesmore and latyer sold to the USA and shipped to 309th AMARG in early 2012. Moved from AMARC by August 2023. Sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson.

Delivered as CCCP-76494 to MOM Omsk on 4 Dec'85, became RA-76494 with Aviaobshchemash on 12 Nov'93. Moved to Remex by 30 Nov'98, then to East Line by East Line and to Aviast by 20 Dec'00. Sold to Atlant-Soyuz by 1 Feb'02, became EX-064 with Reem Air by 3 June'05 and EW-240TH with Gomelavia (as pictured) by 27 Apr'06. Sold to Asia Continental as UP-I7640 by 8 Jul'09, then ZetAvia as UR-CID by 26 Jan'10, Ark Airways as EK-76640 by 23 Mar'10, again ZetAvia as UR-ZID by 24 Jun'11, became UP-I7645 with Air Almaty in Mar'17, to Sigma Airlines by 14 Aug'17, and eventually 5A-POL with Libya in Sep'19.

Parked at the dedicated RAF platform at Kandahar. This Juliet made its first flight on 3 May'99 as N4249Y. The Herc was delivered as a Hercules C5 to the RAF on 28 Jul'99. The Herc made its last flight on 19 Jan'17 from Brize Norton to Marshalls Cambridge. It was stored and offered for sale. Its RAF serial was cancelled on 3 Jul'18. It was sold to Bangladesh as 99-5482/S3-AGF and was delivered as such on 18 May'20. It is seen here without the large green painting on the forward fuselage, which is reportedly an extra layer to prevent gravel damage to the fuselage when landing on dirt-strips.

Delivered to the US Army as CH-47A 64-13126 on 21 Apr'65. Converted to CH-47D with serial 84-24165 and redelivered on 13 Aug'85. The Chinook was Class A damaged in Afghanistan on 14 Feb'02 in unknown circumstances. It was flown to Frankfurt (Germany) in mid-Mar'02, and left for probably Coleman Barracks (Germany) for damage assessment. Apparently it was repairable, so it returned to Frankfurt in Apr'02 and flown as air freight to the USA. It was converted to CH-47F and received serial 08-08053 (c/n M8053). Boeing redelivered the Foxtrot on 30 Jul'09. Here seen at the wash place of Kandahar.

Delivered to the USAF on 12 March 2007. Seen here during one of many logistic missions at one of the platforms of Kandahar.

Moved to AMARG as a former 181st Airlift Squadron aircraft on 29 September 2017. Seen here taxying in front of Kandahar Base Operations Center

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.