Afghanistan airforce current inventory

[Asfandyar Bhittani]

The purpose of this thread is to keep an account of aircrafts left in Taliban/Afghan airforce inventory.

Figures are from oryx (until November 2022). updated by adding - for airframes lost since Oryx report

Aircraft In Operational Service With The IEAF

Transport And Utility Aircraft (10)+1
4 C-208B
1 AC-208
1 An-26
4 An-32B
{ 1 C-130 (disabled by US, claimed repaired by Taliban, airworthiness in doubt)}
Attack Helicopters (16)-1
10 MD 530F
2 Mi-25
3 Mi-24V
1 Mi-35

Transport And Utility Helicopters (25)-1
8 UH-60A+ Black Hawks
6 Mi-8MTV-1
2 Mi-17
8 Mi-17V5
1 HAL Cheetal

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Unknown Number Of Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2s: (~)
Unknown number of Commercially Available VTOL UAVs Used For Reconnaissance
Unknown Commercially Available VTOL UCAVs Armed With Mortar Bombs

Attack planes
2 A-29 Super Tucanos spotted in November 2021 in Mazar-e-Sharif. (Airworthiness and pilot availability in doubt)

Losses since Taliban take over & until November 2022
MD 530 crash, January 2022 (Video)
Mi-17 or Mi-8 transport crash 2022
Mi-8MTV-1 damaged/ captured/destroyed? By NRF, June 2022
Blackhawk crash, Sept 2022 (Video)
1 attack, 3 transports

Losses after Oryx report (add any I might have missed in replies)
Md-530, May 2023
Mi-17 crash, May 2024

-1 attack, -1 transport

 

[Asfandyar Bhittani]

@Waj Sal, can you please make this thread a sticky in Afghanistan section? Thanks

 

[Persian Gulf]

good documentation