The Taliban Now Have An Air Force

 

Daily Mail: Taliban Air: Fighters seize $6million US Blackhawk helicopters alongside tons of American equipment - while taking to the skies in captured Russian choppers as advance approaches outskirts of Kabul 

* Videos on social media show insurgents flying the Russian-made aircraft around the Afghan city of Kandahar 

* More clips also show how the Taliban have additionally seized American-made Black Hawk helicopters 

* Fighters are unlikely to possess the knowledge or the expertise to fly or maintain the state-of-the-art aircraft 

* But it will cause embarrassment after the White House spent billions of dollars supplying the Afghan military 

Taliban fighters today seized $6million US Blackhawk helicopters alongside tons of American equipment as they took to the skies in captured Russian choppers amid their advance through Afghanistan. 

A series of videos being shared on social media show insurgents flying the Kremlin-made mi-17 aircraft around the city of Kandahar, with concerns continuing to grow over the militants' ongoing grab for power. 

Even more seismic, however, is the evidence that the Taliban have also seized American-made Blackhawk helicopters, made famous in the 2001 Ridley Scott blockbuster.  

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Update: Taliban air force clear for takeoff? Militants show off captured aircraft as fighting approaches Kabul outskirts (VIDEOS) (RT)  

WNU Editor: I would not be surprised if the pilots in these helicopters are former Afghan army pilots.