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U.S. Commander: U.S.-Built Airframe Should Replace Afghan Air Force’s Russian Helicopters

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U.S. Commander: U.S.-Built Airframe Should Replace Afghan Air Force’s Russian Helicopters
Mi-17 helicopters operated by the 2nd Wing of the Afghan National Army Air Force take off at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2013. (U.S. Army photo/Released)

The Afghan Air Force’s (AAF) Russian-built helicopters are wearing out flying close air support missions against the Taliban and need to be replaced with new airframes that the U.S. government is allowed to buy and service, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan told Congress Thursday.Army Gen. John Campbell testified before Congress he has called for a plan to “convert” aircraft like the Russian Mi-17 twin-engine utility helicopters in the AAF fleet “to probably a U.S. aircraft.”“The frames that we…

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