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 Withdrawn from use in December 2010, stored at Cottesmore and latyer sold to the USA and shipped to 309th AMARG in early 2012.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.

The 1st Netherlands Air Task Force International Security Assistance Force 1 (NLD) ATF ISAF used F-16AMs over Afghanistan during their operations against the Taliban. Here J-868 is rolling out of its shelter and heading for the runway. FMS serial 81-0868 was built by Fokker (line number L-183) and delivered to the KLu on 1 October 1984. It was sold to Jordan as 241 and departed the Netherlands in February 2018.

This An-12B has manufacturer date 27 Sep'71. Delivered to AFL/Magadan-GDX as CCCP-11113 on 9 Nov'71. Damaged 13 Feb'82 during its take-off from Pevek when it was blown off the icy runway by strong cross-winds, but the An-12 was repaired. Became RA-11113 with Magadan Cargo Al 20 May'93 in full Aeroflot c/s. The company went out of business in 1998 and became MagadanAviaLeas. Its Aerflot titles were removed. Sold as RA-11113 to Avial NV 25 Sep'05. Became ER-ACQ with Grixona 7 Jul'06, with Grixona titles. Sold to Transliz Aviation 2 Nov'07. As seen here, still in Aeroflot c/s but with new titles. Wfu at Bishkek and scrapped by 2017

This old 737 was for many known as N245WA with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines, before it went east. In May 2007, Kam Air started to operate the aircraft, in 2009 East Air took it over. Then it went from an Asian owner to an African owner. The 737 was flown in southwestern direction in 2009 where Jubba Airways (Somalia) became the proud owner. It is seen here in front of the terminal of Kandahar.

Heavily armed and returning to its parking spot at Kandahar. Apparently, the weapons load was not necessary during this mission. ZD352 was first flown on 22 October 988 and delivered to the RAF as a GR5 on 7 December 1988. It was later converted to GR7 and GR9A. Withdrawn from use in December 2010, stored at RAF Cottesmore and moved to the 309th AMARG in early 2012. The Harrier was used as a spare part for USMC Harriers. It was eventually sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) by August 2023.

Rolling down to a Special Forces secured area at Kandahar. The a/c made its first flight on 2 Mar'83, delivered on 28 Mar'83 to 32sq at RAF Northolt. ZD704, together with some 80 US Army aircraft, was damaged by a huge hailstorm on 13 Apr'13 while parked at Kandahar. The BAe125 was deemed unable to fly, and was transported back to the UK with US help. Assessment showed it was damaged to be beyond economical repair. ZD704 went into storage at St.Athan and was moved to RAF Manston as an instructional airframe with the Defence Fire Training & Development Center. Last noted at Newquay in late '23

This lovely camouflaged Herk was accepted by the Royal Australian Air Force in August 1978. It flew with 36sq and was moved to 37sq (as pictured) when the RAAF C-17As became operational. The entire fleet of RAAF C-130Hs was retired by late November 2012. The withdrawn from use A97-006 was placed into storage at RAAF Richmond (Australia). The aircraft was sold to Indonesia as A-1330 and was delivered in November 2013. The RAAF Hercules' were often seen at Kandahar, flying logistic missions for the Australian military deployed to Afghanistan, as well as supporting their special ops.

Returning to its parking spot at Kandahar without a weapons load. Earlier that day, the Harrier possibly supplied a headache to someone. ZD380 was first flown on 11 November 1988 and delivered to the RAF as a GR5 on 6 December 1988. It was later converted to GR7 and GR9A. Withdrawn from use in December 2010 and sold the the US Marine Corps at MCAS Cherry Point (NC) for spares. Last noted there in April 2012.

First flight 11 December 1979, and delivered as an HT1 to the Army Air Corps on 7 January 1980. The designation later changed to AH1 and later on, the Lynx was modified to AH7. It is here seen at the start of a combat mission over Afghanistan at the age of 28 years. The Lynx was withdrawn from use on 31 March 2014, Middle Wallop. Stripped for spares and stored at Everett Aero at Sproughton in late 2014. Then moved to storage at the Delta Force Paintball Center, Upminster in July 2016, moved to Billericay paintball in April 2017 and eventually to Delta Force Paintball in Maidenhead by late '23

The Dutch government needed additional transport capability for their troops during their long-lasting deployment to Afghanistan. So they leased this specially modified Dash 7 from the Canadian company Voyageur Airways. The aircraft was modified with self protection measures (chaff, flare, radar warning receivers) so it could transport personnel and freight more safely between the Dutch deployment locations over the war-torn Afghanistan.