In the colours of CAI, this Falcon 900EX served the Italian government during its flight to Kabul

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A rare one... delivered on 30 Nov'93, this Il-76 started its life in the Uzbekistan and never changed and that's quite rare for this type of aircraft. The Il-76 was planned to become the second Il-76PP (izd. 176) but was completed as a cargo aircraft. The aircraft was current on register on 27 August 2019.

A Dutch tanker/transporter in a combat zone

This beauty was scrapped after a long career that lasted from Oct'82 (delivered as CCCP-76499) to early 2018 when the aircraft was scrapped as UN-76499.

On 31 December 2020, the Ejército del Aire (EdA, Spanish Air Force) officially ceased operations with the Lockheed Hercules. The tanker/transporter has been operated by Ala de Transporte 31 (Ala 31) at Zaragoza air base since 1974. Here one is seen on the taxiway of Kabul during an operational deployment to Afghanistan. On 29 Dec 2020 this Herc arrived at Cuatro Vientos, for display at the Museo del Aire.

In the colours of CAI, this Falcon 900EX served the Italian government during its flight to Kabul

Several unmarked Mi-8s flew secretive missions over Afghanistan. The helicopters were parked on an isolated platform. Personnel nearby were often very cagey in their behaviour. But sometimes... the helicopters were parked only the lonely, the moment for a picture taken from a passing car... The small HIP fleet was linked to the Blackwater, an American private military company. This olive drab coloured HIP is still unidentified.

Several unmarked Mi-8s flew secretive missions over Afghanistan. The helicopters were parked on an isolated platform. Personnel nearby were often very cagey in their behaviour. But sometimes... the helicopters were parked only the lonely, the moment for a picture taken from a passing car... The small HIP fleet was linked to the Blackwater, an American private military company. This desert coloured HIP is still unidentified.

In basic Trans Avia Export pictured at Kabul. The Il-76 became damaged beyond economical repair on 9 Mar'07 during a flight from Entebbe to Mogadishu. On its final approach to Mogadishu (at a flight level of some 120-150 metres) it was hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade fired by Islamic rebels from a small boat. The RPG hit the fuselage near the left main landing gear and caused a fire, the crew managed to land the Il-76 safely. The a/c was cannibalised, and parts were to be flown out by Il-76TD EW-77849 on 23 Mar'07. That 849 was shot down during departure... 826 was fully scrapped by nov'12.

This H-47 was once delivered to the US Army as CH-47C with serial 68-15846. It was converted to CH-47D with serial 88-00101 and redelivered on 25 Nov'89. It served for quite a long time - until '11 - the US Army in Europe from Coleman Barracks (Germany). When 101 was deployed to Dublin in support of President Obama's visit to Ireland, it was damaged during its landing in bad weather. The helo was then picked up by an USAF C-17A on 3 Jun'11 and flown back to USA. Luckily, it was inducted into the CH-47F conversion programme, cvtd to CH-47F as 11-08095. On this picture it served F/159th AVN.

A 1982 A300. F-WZMI with Airbus Industries in July 1982. Sold to Air India as VT-EHQ in November 1982 and transferred as YA-BAC to Ariana in December 2002. It was withdrawn from use in June 2005.

CofA expired on 11 January 2009, last-noted Kabul in December 2017, but stored in bad condition.

This aircraft was on the UN sanction list from December 1999. In 2005 it was seen stored / withdrawn from use in a corner of the civil platform of Kabu International Airport. It was still seen as such by late 2017, in a even worse condition. The famous Soviet Transport database reports that this is the sole Taliban time survivor. It was still listed in the Ariana register during November 2011 with no valid CofA. The current fate is unknown.

Since September 7, 2017 this Herc is stored at 309th AMARG.

This long Herc was extensively damaged in a runway excursion accident at Herat air base in west Afghanistan on 22 July 2014. At that time, the workhorse flew near daily logistical missions from Al Bateen Air Base in the UAE and Afghanistan. It was last-noted, still parked and damaged at Herat Aiport (Aug 2014).