This Citation was assigned to the 1-214th AVN

A Hercules C3A during its landing at Kabul, clearly modified on the rear side of the fuselage. This Herc is stored at St. Athan and being stripped for spares since April 2010.

This 1982 Aviocar was linked to Blackwater, the US private military contractor, also operating in Afghanstan. The aircraft often visited Kabul, but was very rarely seen at the regular handling platforms. At the time of this picture, 961 was registered with Ep Aviation Llc in Wood Dale (IL). The Aviocar is reported as stored from 2010.

A Maryland Air National Guard C-130J arriving at Kabul

Blasting away from the Kabul runway, topped of with live GBU air to ground bombs, a filled 30mm canon and air-to-air Sidewinders, this Norwegian Viper starts a new mission to fight Taliban. One could think "why Sidewinders, as there was no air-to-air threat over Afghanistan"... the clarification is that the wing stress is decreased with the attachment of Sidewinders. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4.

Blasting away from the Kabul runway, topped of with live GBU air to ground bombs, most probably a filled 30mm canon and air-to-air Sidewinders, this Norwegian Viper starts a new mission to fight Taliban. One could think "why Sidewinders, as there was no air-to-air threat over Afghanistan"... the clarification is that the wing stress is decreased with the attachment of Sidewinders. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4." as this was the actual unit of the aircraft during the deployment.

A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16AM in a warzone. Pictures like these are quite rare as the RNoAF has rarely deployed. The Norwegians shared the deployment within ISAF with the Dutch F-16s and together they formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4. The Norwegians relieved the Belgiums with 1 NLD/BEL EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-3.

A 1994 An-124 of the Antonov Design Bureau at Kabul. Check the container, hanging underneath the tailsection. The Ruslan, as it is designated within NATO, is equipped with a onboard overhead crane (attached to a rail on the ceiling of the cargo compartment) that is able to lift up to 30 tonnes, and items up to 120 tonnes can be winched on board.

A tactical landing performed by a Lyneham Transport Wing (LTW) Hercules C4 to avoid surface to air fire near Kabul.

A Dutch F-16AM in a warzone, topped of with live GBUs, Sidewinders and a targeting pod. The Koninklijke Luchtmacht deployed four F-16s in support of ISAF. This deployment was shared with initially the Belgiums, and later with the Norwegian. The Dutch and the Norwegians formed the "first Netherlands / Norwegian Expedition Air Wing (EEAW) F-16 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Detachment 4", or in short 1 NLD/NOR EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-4. The Norwegians relieved the Belgiums with 1 NLD/BEL EEAW F-16 Det ISAF-3.

On the north side of Kabul International Airport, a small dump was found with several aircraft, among others, this An-12BP fuselage.

Initially in medium brown/olive drab/dark brown camo c/s in Jan'94 and appropriated operated by the Taliban Militia and later captured by the Northern Alliance at Bagram AFB (on a photo taken in Pakistan in 1998 with the roundel of the Northern Alliance). The 32 was seen at Kabul in Mar'02 without roundels and started to operate with the Afghan National Army - Air Corps (ANAAC) Fixed Wing. The ANA_AC was renamed the Afghan Air Force June'10. The aircraft was repainted in grey and eventually grounded in Nov'09. It was cannibalised for spares, last noted in Apr'10, fate unknown...

At the time this picture was made, this CASA was registered with Devon Holding & Leasing, a shadow company that is related to CIA operations. The aircraft was registered to N464HA (still with Devon Holding & Leasing Inc.) in June 2012 and Quality Aviation LLC (still as N464HA) in February 2020. With the latter company it was reregistered to N883VA (March 2020) and N883QA (August 2020). Possibly to tangle up us all...

This '93 built Il-76 was delivered to Aeroflot as CCCP-76844, was transferred to Tashkent Aircraft Production Association (TAPO) as UK-76844 in Nov'95. It further flew with Krylo (as UK-76844) and Inversija (as YL-LAR). Silk started to operated the Il-76 from Dec'04 as 4K-AZ26 and was seen as such at Kabul. It returned to TAPO but was stored at Tashkent-Vostochny following the closure of the factory. Reported as 76844 without titels and then... possibly as 27695 with the Chinese Air Force from Apr'19: making it look like '27695' in bluish grey c/s with light grey undersides, military roundels.