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birdwatcherKABUL (Reuters) -- The United States will provide six helicopter gunships to Afghanistan's fledgling air force in August this year, part of a plan to supply 186 aircraft to the country, the head of the Afghan air force said on Thursday.
"America will provide us with all these aircraft and we are engaged in discussions about it, but we will not have jet fighters before 2012 and God knows what happens after that."
Washington will donate the aircraft to Afghanistan as part of its multi-billion dollar assistance effort.
The six helicopters to arrive in August will arrive from the Czech Republic. The Afghan Air Corps will be supplied with Russian built MI-17 transport helicopters, and MI-24 and MI-35 attack helicopters similar to those used against Afghan mujahideen during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation, a U.S. general said.
"They are quite reliable and their performance in this environment at high altitude and high temperature is very good and their reliability is very good," said Major-General Robert Durbin, the U.S. officer in charge of training Afghan forces.
Радикальный пример того, где оказываются плоды усилий чудаков. Конечно, с нашей страной такого никогда случится не может. Ни-ког-да.
"America will provide us with all these aircraft and we are engaged in discussions about it, but we will not have jet fighters before 2012 and God knows what happens after that."
Washington will donate the aircraft to Afghanistan as part of its multi-billion dollar assistance effort.
The six helicopters to arrive in August will arrive from the Czech Republic. The Afghan Air Corps will be supplied with Russian built MI-17 transport helicopters, and MI-24 and MI-35 attack helicopters similar to those used against Afghan mujahideen during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation, a U.S. general said.
"They are quite reliable and their performance in this environment at high altitude and high temperature is very good and their reliability is very good," said Major-General Robert Durbin, the U.S. officer in charge of training Afghan forces.
Радикальный пример того, где оказываются плоды усилий чудаков. Конечно, с нашей страной такого никогда случится не может. Ни-ког-да.
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