Afghanistan - 20 years on
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Yeah, I was tempted to post it in the flight tracking thread, but seemed appropriate here. There was a C5 earlier, but they regularly fly in an out of Germany and Turkey, so didn't seem to abnormal. Just showed up again just off Malta.
An MOD A330 landed in UAE about 10 minutes ago, no doubt related. A400M heading down too.
An MOD A330 landed in UAE about 10 minutes ago, no doubt related. A400M heading down too.
There has been/is a bunch of A400M, A330 as well as Galaxys and Globemasters, etc. flying in tonight - some are only popping up for a short time. Not sure if related to Afghanistan and the evacuation efforts, etc. but busier than usual.
Man of Honour
Do we have a flight tracking thread? Love following some of this stuff
Soldato
The Afgan army have fled, this is going to be awful for embassy staff. 5000 US troops inbound to Kabul Airport too but the airport may be taken by then.
Yes: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/plane-spotters-flight-radar-thread.18701822/page-29
Ordinarily, this stuff would go in there, but since it's Afghan related I've posted it here.
The main site I use https://globe.adsbexchange.com - Click the U button to see military assets.
Yeah just saw the news they think the Taliban could over-run the airport in a matter of hours - the US and UK forces seem to be working to a 72 hour schedule so things could get pretty messy.
Man of Honour
Thanks - much appreciated!
Few RAF assets on flightradar which don't seem to be showing on there.
I use that site too, problem I find is you can't filter, at least with the free version.
Associate
ANDSF fled Kandahar just in time before the Taliban could slaughter them, they fled Mazari-Sharif and are trying to cross into Uzbekistan still with tailbacks at the border crossing. The problem is now that pretty much the entire border with turkmenistan and uzbekistan is now a no go due to Taliban control and if the Afghan defence forces are not permitted entry then the Taliban will slaughter them.
ANDSF and Afghan commandos are ready and in place to defend Kabul but its not going to be pretty, they will be surrounded in a matter of hours....Asadabad fell last night/this morning and it's only a 4 hour drive from Kabul so they could circle round and meet Taliban forces from Mazari-sharif and attack the airport.
ANDSF and Afghan commandos are ready and in place to defend Kabul but its not going to be pretty, they will be surrounded in a matter of hours....Asadabad fell last night/this morning and it's only a 4 hour drive from Kabul so they could circle round and meet Taliban forces from Mazari-sharif and attack the airport.
Some of the paramilitary groups seem to be absorbing ANA that are prepared to fight but the pace the Taliban are moving at I just don't think they can get organised in time. Rumours are some of them have US special forces embedded.
Heli supposedly under Taliban control:
https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1426584323017351168
Associate
Taliban have skilled pilots so with the capture of afghan and US helicopters they will be able to drop fighters into kabul
indeed, it’s pure propaganda that they are uneducated simpletons, some of them are highly skilled and trained.
Associate
Doesn't help when you have general dostum and atta noor offering $1million to whoever evacuates them out of the country after they boasted they would beat the taliban, looks like they were flown out over hairatan into uzbekistan just before mazir sharif fell
Associate
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Yeah that's not Taliban.
Power apparently cut in Kabul.
Well, unless they've captured the pilots and mechanics to go with it, it's rather useless.
Guess you just lost all credibility on the topic
