air force in Iraq and Afgan

[kach1980]

Hi All !

What military air forces were involved in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007?
Structure of participants (unit)?
I thank.

 

[kato]

Randomly off my mind:
Iraq - USA, UK, Poland, Turkey, Iraq.
Afghanistan - USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Afghanistan.

 

[Sgt.Banes]

Iraq: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland, South Korea, Romania, and the rest are mostly NATO members and Non-NATO allies who are training Iraqi security forces and the National Police. Also there are about 182,000 Private Military Contractors and 177,951 regular troops.

Afghanistan: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Canada, and ISAF/NATO. I'm not sure if Afghanistan has an Air Force though I think they have air craft of some sort.

 

[eckherl]

Randomly off my mind:
Iraq - USA, UK, Poland, Turkey, Iraq.
Afghanistan - USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Afghanistan.

Can we add Ukraine to the list or is NATO leasing the transport aircraft flying in the heavy armored vehicles to Afghanistan.

 

[kato]

Can we add Ukraine to the list or is NATO leasing the transport aircraft flying in the heavy armored vehicles to Afghanistan.

If they're SALIS aircraft, those are leased.

Otherwise it's all contracted private/commercial aircraft (mostly from Antonov Airlines, but also plenty others), not any Ukrainian Airforce material as far as i know. If we'd include Ukraine on that basis, we'd have to include Russia too, as there's also some Russian contractors flying into Afghanistan (and Iraq) for NATO.

 

[eckherl]

If they're SALIS aircraft, those are leased.

Otherwise it's all contracted private/commercial aircraft (mostly from Antonov Airlines, but also plenty others), not any Ukrainian Airforce material as far as i know. If we'd include Ukraine on that basis, we'd have to include Russia too, as there's also some Russian contractors flying into Afghanistan (and Iraq) for NATO.

Thank you - quite interesting that Russian contractors are also being used.

 

[kato]

Thank you - quite interesting that Russian contractors are also being used.

I think - at least in Afghanistan - they contract mostly the An-124 from Ukraine (from Volga-Dnepr, which is also the provider for the leased SALIS aircraft).

It's the smaller stuff where it gets... strange. I've been looking around a bit just now and found among others the following carriers doing NATO mil cargo transports, mostly into Afghanistan:

SilkWay Airlines (Azerbaijan), with Il-76
TransAviaExport (Belarus), with Il-76
Gomel Avia (Belarus), with Il-76
and of course: Blackwater (USA), with CASA-212

and a ton of others (just thought Belarus and Azerbaijan was somewhat noteworthy here).

 

[PullerRommel]

A company named Irbis was flying into Iraq for transport headed by Viktor Bout the worlds most infamous arms dealer. I also think TranAvia is a Viktor Bout firm not sure though.

Afghanistan *had* an Air Force if you can call it that it was mostly consisting of:

7(?) An-24
MiG-21
Mi-8t
Assortment of Yak's

 

[Chrom]

I think - at least in Afghanistan - they contract mostly the An-124 from Ukraine (from Volga-Dnepr, which is also the provider for the leased SALIS aircraft).

Volga-Dnepr is joint Russian-Ukrainian company, with larger share in russian hands (so it rightfully called russian in most sources). An-124 itself and many/most pilots are from Ukraine.

 

[swerve]

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Afghanistan: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Canada, and ISAF/NATO. I'm not sure if Afghanistan has an Air Force though I think they have air craft of some sort.

France has had an air force contingent operating in Afghanistan (based at Dushanbe in Tajikstan) since the start. Mirage 2000D, Mirage F.1 and Rafale have operated there, Rafale for the first time this year. French navy Super Etendards have also operated over Afghanistan, flying from Charles de Gaulle.

Norwegian & Danish F-16s have operated in Afghanistan, but I don't think there are any at the moment. Belgian F-16s have been there, but not this year. Australia & New Zealand transports have operated there, but I don't know when exactly.

 

[radiosilence]

France has had an air force contingent operating in Afghanistan (based at Dushanbe in Tajikstan) since the start.Mirage 2000D, Mirage F.1 and Rafale have operated there, Rafale for the first time this year

The Mirages have been transfered to Kandahar.

 

[kato]

Swerve, some more stuff (i'm including army helicopters):

- the German contribution, even if it's not combat:

6 Tornado IDS/Recce, Mazar-i-Sharif
6 C-160 Transall, Termez (Uzbekistan)
1 A310 MedEvac on standby, Termez (Uzbekistan)
7 CH-53G/GS (Army), Termez/Mazar-i-Sharif/Kunduz (officially Termez)

- the Netherlands contribution (according to Scramble):

8? F-16AM, Kandahar
6 C-130H, Kandahar
6 AH-64 (Army), Tarin Kowt
3 CH-47D (Army), Tarin Kowt

- Italy

1 "transport aircraft"?
5 A129 Mangusta (Army), Herat?
3 AB-412 (Army), Kabul

 

[Eggy]

Swerve, some more stuff (i'm including army helicopters):

- the Netherlands contribution (according to Scramble):

8? F-16AM, Kandahar
6 C-130H, Kandahar
6 AH-64 (Army), Tarin Kowt
3 CH-47D (Army), Tarin Kowt

At the moment:
6 F-16AM, Kandahar
1 C-130H, Kandahar (the Dutch only have 2 in total with 2 more on the way)
5 AH-64D, Tarin Kowt
3 CH-47D, Tarin Kowt/Kandahar