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Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89).
Mil Mi-2: About six delivered for use as utility transport helicopters in 1982.The aircraft has a Mi-2B as an export type for the Middle East, and it is said that it was also sent to Afghanistan. Mil Mi-4: 18 utility helicopters received from 1963 and remaining in service as late as 1997.There is a famous scene where soldiers are taking a ...
First supplied to Afghanistan on Lenin's orders in 1919 [5] Submachine gun; Heckler & Koch MP5SD West Germany: Submachine gun: Unknown number ordered from West Germany prior to the Saur Revolution. Used by Hafizullah Amin's security detail in Storm-333. [6] PPSh-41 [3] Soviet Union: Submachine gun: Phased out by 1980, were handed out to ...
The Mil Mi-24 helicopters seen in the film are modified Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma transport helicopters with fabricated bolt-on wings similar to the real Hind-Ds which were mainly used in the former Eastern Bloc. [citation needed] The other helicopter depicted is a slightly reshaped Aerospatiale Gazelle. [citation needed]
An Afghan Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter takes off on a mission Afghan MD 530F firing off its gun pods This is the list of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, prior to the 2021 Taliban offensive . Inventory prior to Taliban takeover
The Afghan Air Force (Pashto: افغان هوايي ځواک, Persian: قوای هوایی افغانستان), officially known as the Afghan Air Force and Air Defense and sometimes referred to as the DRA Air Force or DRAAF, [1] was the aerial warfare branch of the Afghan Armed Forces from 1978 until the dissolution of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in April 1992.
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The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War.The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.