In early May 2011, one of the U.S. taxpayer funded Russian built Afghan Mil 17B(V)-5 crashed in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Nine people onboard were slightly injured.
The Hip was part of the first deliveries of U.S. taxpayer funded Russian made helicopters between 2009 and 2010. NATO/ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) reported the Mil-17s sent to Afghanistan cost about $15-million each! Dozens more were given to Afghanistan in the years after this crash, in fact the United States signed a new delivery contract with Russia about a week after this crash.
U.S. Army Pathfinders were ordered to remove ‘sensitive’ equipment from the NATO reporting-name Hip, and then dismantle and burn it to the ground.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Brian Christiansen, 12MAY2011.
Parts of the Mi-17, that could be reused, were sling loaded away by CH-47 Chinook.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Brian Christiansen, 12MAY2011.
The fire was started using phosphorus grenades. When aluminum gets hot enough it burns like paper, almost nothing is left but ash.
This was not the first time a U.S. taxpayer funded ‘Hip’ was blown-up by U.S. forces.
U.S. Army photo by Corporal Patrick Gleason, 23DEC2010.
On 23DEC2010, a contracted Mi-17 was blown-up by U.S. forces on Combat Out-Post (COP) Spera in Khowst Province. The Hip actually crashed on COP Spera several years earlier.
The result of packing an Mi-17 with excess ammo, and then blowing it up. USA photo by Corporal Patrick Gleason, 23DEC2010.
The Hip was packed with ‘left-over’ munitions, which were detonated. The destruction of the derelict Hip was an excuse to get rid of excess ammo, as COP Spera was being shut-down.
CH-47 CHINOOK LOVES COLLECTING MIL 8 ‘HIP’ BONES
MAINTAINING SATAN’S CHARIOT (Afghan Mi-24V)
AFGHANISTAN GETS MORE U.S. TAXPAYER FUNDED HELICOPTERS & GUNS!
TAXPAYER FUNDED AIRCRAFT ABANDONED THEN TURNED INTO SCRAP METAL!
U.S. TAXPAYERS TO RESCUE “DONATED” C-130
U.S. TAXPAYERS DELIVER MD-530F CAYUSE WARRIOR TO KENYA
U.S. TAXPAYERS SEND AUSSIE PRIME MINISTER A MODEL BOAT!
U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND POLICE TRAINING & CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN VIETNAM!
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