[Reuters]Hours before Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, the Afghan Air Force was melting down. At the Kabul airport, some Afghan Air Force personnel guarding the airfield tried to force their way onto a military helicopter preparing to lift off, according to the Afghan Air Force pilot flying the craft and two other people familiar with the incident. The melee involving Afghan Air Force members ahead of Kabul’s fall hasn’t been previously reported. Their stories provide new insight into the final days of the Afghan Air Force, once the crown jewel of the nation’s military. “To be honest, we lost control” at the end, one former Afghan Air Force official said.

Source: Standard Digital December 30, 2021 22:00 UTC