How to tell the difference?

[The Irish Ram]

How is our military going to know if the American helicopter they see coming is ours or the Taliban's now?

 

[RodISHI]

Pentagon planners are looking to replace Sikorsky’s Black Hawk, middle-aged and slower than the next generation of helicopters

The Black Hawk, the workhorse in wartime and in natural disasters, is facing a challenge familiar to those in middle age as a new and faster helicopter swoops in to take its place. Its manufacturer…

www.courant.com

 

[RodISHI]

The Afghan Air Force: When ‘Buy American’ goes wrong

For decades, Afghanistan flew Russian made Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, until Congress changed that.

thehill.com

...that the Afghan Air Force may be grounded once all U.S. forces and contractors leave Afghanistan. This comes as no surprise given the Afghan Air Force’s reliance on U.S. contractors to maintain aircraft (to be fair, the U.S. Air Force also relies heavily on contractors for aircraft maintenance)...
...The bottom line was that even if it could be argued that the Black Hawk was a “better” or cheaper helicopter (cherry-picked data could make the case in either direction), the disruption caused by changing flying horses in midstream was a detriment to the mission of building an Afghan security force that could take the lead in fighting the Taliban.

Eventually, Congress prevailed. In 2017, the Department of Defense delivered the first UH-60 Black Hawks to Afghanistan to augment a growing fleet of U.S.- and Brazilian-made planes and helicopters that the Afghans could not maintain on their own...

...Mi-17 pilots would have to be retrained on a new-to-them helicopter — not all would qualify. U.S. military advisers had concerns about whether Afghanistan had enough potential recruits capable of being certified as Black Hawk crews.


Afghan technicians performed 80 percent of required maintenance on Mi-17s, and for the foreseeable future, Afghanistan would be entirely reliant on U.S. contractors to maintain the Black Hawks (as with the Afghan Air Force’s C-130 cargo planes). To close the lift-gap created by the transition to Black Hawks, the Defense Department was going to provide the Afghans with another airframe with which they had no experience: CH-47 Chinooks. Thankfully, Congress halted funding for that...

 

[Concerned American]

The Afghan Air Force: When ‘Buy American’ goes wrong

For decades, Afghanistan flew Russian made Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, until Congress changed that.

thehill.com

...that the Afghan Air Force may be grounded once all U.S. forces and contractors leave Afghanistan. This comes as no surprise given the Afghan Air Force’s reliance on U.S. contractors to maintain aircraft (to be fair, the U.S. Air Force also relies heavily on contractors for aircraft maintenance)...
...The bottom line was that even if it could be argued that the Black Hawk was a “better” or cheaper helicopter (cherry-picked data could make the case in either direction), the disruption caused by changing flying horses in midstream was a detriment to the mission of building an Afghan security force that could take the lead in fighting the Taliban.

Eventually, Congress prevailed. In 2017, the Department of Defense delivered the first UH-60 Black Hawks to Afghanistan to augment a growing fleet of U.S.- and Brazilian-made planes and helicopters that the Afghans could not maintain on their own...

...Mi-17 pilots would have to be retrained on a new-to-them helicopter — not all would qualify. U.S. military advisers had concerns about whether Afghanistan had enough potential recruits capable of being certified as Black Hawk crews.


Afghan technicians performed 80 percent of required maintenance on Mi-17s, and for the foreseeable future, Afghanistan would be entirely reliant on U.S. contractors to maintain the Black Hawks (as with the Afghan Air Force’s C-130 cargo planes). To close the lift-gap created by the transition to Black Hawks, the Defense Department was going to provide the Afghans with another airframe with which they had no experience: CH-47 Chinooks. Thankfully, Congress halted funding for that...

Brings to mind an old saw from the fall of Vietnam when people were concerned with our leaving war armaments in that country. "There is only one thing worse than a Vietnamese pilot and that is a Vietnamese aircraft mechanic." I suspect the same holds true in this case.

 

[RodISHI]

Brings to mind an old saw from the fall of Vietnam when people were concerned with our leaving war armaments in that country. "There is only one thing worse than a Vietnamese pilot and that is a Vietnamese aircraft mechanic." I suspect the same holds true in this case.

They probably have bailing wire of some sort there too.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

The Afghan Air Force: When ‘Buy American’ goes wrong

For decades, Afghanistan flew Russian made Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, until Congress changed that.

thehill.com

...that the Afghan Air Force may be grounded once all U.S. forces and contractors leave Afghanistan. This comes as no surprise given the Afghan Air Force’s reliance on U.S. contractors to maintain aircraft (to be fair, the U.S. Air Force also relies heavily on contractors for aircraft maintenance)...
...The bottom line was that even if it could be argued that the Black Hawk was a “better” or cheaper helicopter (cherry-picked data could make the case in either direction), the disruption caused by changing flying horses in midstream was a detriment to the mission of building an Afghan security force that could take the lead in fighting the Taliban.

Eventually, Congress prevailed. In 2017, the Department of Defense delivered the first UH-60 Black Hawks to Afghanistan to augment a growing fleet of U.S.- and Brazilian-made planes and helicopters that the Afghans could not maintain on their own...

...Mi-17 pilots would have to be retrained on a new-to-them helicopter — not all would qualify. U.S. military advisers had concerns about whether Afghanistan had enough potential recruits capable of being certified as Black Hawk crews.


Afghan technicians performed 80 percent of required maintenance on Mi-17s, and for the foreseeable future, Afghanistan would be entirely reliant on U.S. contractors to maintain the Black Hawks (as with the Afghan Air Force’s C-130 cargo planes). To close the lift-gap created by the transition to Black Hawks, the Defense Department was going to provide the Afghans with another airframe with which they had no experience: CH-47 Chinooks. Thankfully, Congress halted funding for that...

I'm sure China and Russia will be ready to help. My God what did these GD libturds do to us

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Our pilots best have the correct IFF code of the day loaded or else...

*****SMILE*****

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

How is our military going to know if the American helicopter they see coming is ours or the Taliban's now?

Most military aircraft have IFF, and the frequency changes daily. So only if the Taliban, working with the Biden Admin, could get the possible right codes then be considered friendly. It wouldnt surprise me if the Biden Admin, did give out the codes just to be friendly with the camel jockeys, because Biden hates US citizens.

Here’s all the US military equipment that likely ended up in Taliban hands

The Biden administration says the Taliban has captured a significant amount of U.S. military equipment supplied to Afghan security forces.

taskandpurpose.com

So he wants to take our weapons away, but gave all that military weapons to the Taliban.

 

[Moonglow]

How is our military going to know if the American helicopter they see coming is ours or the Taliban's now?

Did the Taliban take a crash course in flying overnight?

 

[Moonglow]

Most military aircraft have IFF, and the frequency changes daily. So only if the Taliban, working with the Biden Admin, could get the possible right codes then be considered friendly. It wouldnt surprise me if the Biden Admin, did give out the codes just to be friendly with the camel jockeys, because Biden hates US citizens.

Here’s all the US military equipment that likely ended up in Taliban hands

The Biden administration says the Taliban has captured a significant amount of U.S. military equipment supplied to Afghan security forces.

taskandpurpose.com

So he wants to take our weapons away, but gave all that military weapons to the Taliban.

When did he transfer the military equipment, when the Taliban took over or a week before to make it easier to take most of Afghanistan?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Did the Taliban tale a crash course in flying overnight?

I don't know did they?

*****SMILE*****

 

[Moonglow]

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I don't know did they?

*****SMILE*****

No, they couldn't afford them like the rich Saudis.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

No, they couldn't afford them like the rich Saudis.

Yeah sure they can't

*****SMILE*****

 

[night_son]

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Our pilots best have the correct IFF code of the day loaded or else...

*****SMILE*****

This

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Ours will actually be flying and won’t be wearing a turban.

 

[RodISHI]

I'm sure China and Russia will be ready to help. My God what did these GD libturds do to us

AS Rod says, That is the point where whoever allowed this shit should be tried for treason.