Taliban struggles to learn – Black hawk crashes in Afghanistan

US forces will withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021, marking the end of the 2001-2021 war against the Taliban. The Taliban are kept in small bags and there is hope that the Afghan Armed Forces will be able to fight them. However, a chaotic withdrawal resulted in a complete takeover by the Taliban and a lot of American military equipment being left behind for use by Taliban fighters.

Sikorsky Black Hawk in Afghanistan in 2014. American forces withdraw from the country in August 2021. Image credit: Captain Jarrod Morris via Wikimedia

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was so chaotic and poorly planned that military equipment abandoned there was worth billions of dong. It was not transferred to the Afghan army – it was just left there. It is a tremendous loss to the United States Armed Forces and a security risk that will not go away anytime soon. Not quite sure how many Black Hawk Helicopter was left to the Talibal.

Just before leaving, the Americans had 33 of them in Afghanistan, but some estimates suggest that 18 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were left behind and maybe only 6 are in a ready condition. fly. It’s a big loss, though, because Black Hawks are great helicopters and can be effectively used elsewhere and each costs around $30 million.

The UH-60 Black Hawk took to the skies for the first time in 1974. It is a four-wing, twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter. It can reach speeds of up to 294 km/h, up to an altitude of 5.8 km, and carry 11 soldiers (plus two pilots) in a seated configuration.

The Black Hawk has proven itself to be a valuable transport aircraft, able to carry 4.1-ton cargo outside. But it is also ready to defend itself – it is usually armed with several machine guns (usually 7.62 mm, sometimes – 12.7 mm). The Black Hawk can also be armed with one of several different combinations of missiles, rockets, and even bombs.

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is not known for being difficult to fly, but you need to get proper education about it. Something that Taliban fighters certainly don’t have for such vehicles. In fact, some US military officers have suggested that any aircraft that might be left behind in Afghanistan either won’t fly, or won’t fly for long. Pilots in Afghanistan with this required qualification would most likely not be able to conduct the organized courses necessary to prepare new pilots without outside support.

An example of this problem that the Taliban may face is this video, in which a US-made Black Hawk plummets to the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is reported that the crash happened during a training flight and three people were killed. Information about this accident is sparse due to the media situation in Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. However, people say that this helicopter crashed inside a military training base, that’s why no one on the ground was injured.

The Taliban also have a lot of American armored equipment. They are significantly easier to maintain and master.

Source: NDTV.com , Wikipedia.

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