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Msg ID: 2701575 Contractor Aircraft +0/-1     
Author:oldNtired
8/31/2021 2:26:23 PM

Did the Contractors get all their aircraft out of Afghanistan ?  There was a photograph of a Boeing 107/CH 46 with an odd paint job, very similar to an operator here in the States.  It was in a hangar.  Just curious .



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Msg ID: 2701583 Contractor Aircraft +0/-1     
Author:DoS
8/31/2021 4:10:52 PM

Reply to: 2701575

Those were Department of State CH-46E's. If the Taliban run surplus sales, there should be some good deals to be had!



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Msg ID: 2701638 Contractor Aircraft +2/-1     
Author:ex-EHIer
9/1/2021 8:07:23 AM

Reply to: 2701575

It was a Dept of State aircraft. Rebuilt and way too heavy to haul much. Nothing lost!



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Msg ID: 2701741 Abandoned State Dept Contractor Aircraft +0/-0     
Author:ISFWes
9/2/2021 7:47:48 AM

Reply to: 2701575

One of the CH-46s was also used in the Siagon evacuation 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42060/the-state-department-has-abandoned-its-ch-46-helicopters-in-afghanistanI'm 



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Msg ID: 2701758 Abandoned State Dept Contractor Aircraft +1/-0     
Author:Exmarine
9/2/2021 11:07:11 AM

Reply to: 2701741

An ignoble end to a noble aircraft, our country is on the same path.



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Msg ID: 2701759 Abandoned State Dept Contractor Aircraft +0/-0     
Author:Afghanistan Is Saigon On Steroids
9/2/2021 11:19:56 AM

Reply to: 2701758

Many Embassies were forced to be evacuated by helicopter. Not just the one swarmed by refugees in Saigon.

The swarming of Kabul airport made the swarming of the US embassy in Saigon look like child's play.

Maybe 2 dozen made it on the last helicopter off the roof of the US embassy in Saigon.

Hundreds made it on to the last American cargo jet.

A few Helicopters were pushed off crowded decks of Navy ships leaving South Vietnam. 
Dozens of helicopters were left behind for the Taliban to use in hanging people from along with whatever atrocities the Taliban is infamous for.

Many other examples make Saigon look insignificant to the mess made by the current regime.

 



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