مجموعة ٥/٧٣ "سلاح الجو الأفغاني: تقارير" [و‎‎٧‎٠] (٤٣١/١٣٩)

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(iv) On 21s<T October a similar tv/o hours reconnaisance
flight was made by two Hind aircraft.
So far as is known no bombs or machine gun
ammunition were expended during the quarter.
(d)
(e)
Accident s. None of an> importance^
Maintenance.
T’a/o Hind aircraft are undergoing lengthy repairs
and rebuilding, and five more Hind aircraft are in the
workshops for repairs of short duration. The Britisn
instructors report that the standard of maintenance iias
dropped slightly, due not to a shortage of spares but to
the difficulty of extracting them from the Afghan Customs
department after delivery from India. _
The absence of the domdt of the ^ir Aorce owing to r^-L
health is stated to be tne reason for tne non release of
tne spares by tae Customs authorities * Tne Ministry of
Defence nave been approacned end have promisee to secure
the early release of the spares 0
(f) b.T
Saction f
lorry sent to Gardez in April this year
The * ..— c — -
returned to Kabul at the end of September. The lorry
has not been used since its return to Kabul. Vihile tne
\a/T lorry was in the Southern Province it is said to nave
bean detailed for maintaining communication between a
military celumn in Knost and a military M'/T set in Kabul
and Gardez. The A/T lorry was apparently able to keep
communication with Kabul on medium wave, but failed to
achieve results with short wave.
AP. tpiTTa p h_. - A he a -.-Hn ^ Nothino’ to report.
(h) Army Co-op pafcU&s-. J
3. Homeo Scuadi:on .
(a) FIvint H w;rs and_..(b) .St^nda.rd of Fl ying Effic i sncPt
The British instructors estimate that Afghan
pilot"' in this squadron have not carried out more than
12 hours flying training per pilot since April 1944.
The standa.rd of flying efficiency is now low, Afghan pilots /
have lost confidence in tne Italian Romeo aircraft and
hope tha.t tney will be scrapped.
(c) Ore reit ions . Nil,
Cd) Accidents Nil, except for one tail wheel which
collapsed through ago, and is being repaired. No spares
a re available•
(e)
4.
Maintenanc e 0 T-ere is no cnange in tne genera* position.
Ita lian Breda Trainer Aircrafts
No Breda, aircraft are being flown at present*
One Breda 28 remains serviceable but is kept in store.
5. U.S a . . S tearmar : Trainer A i rcr af / 3
This aircraft is kept in store, and the only Afghan
pilot who has -flown this aircraft shows no desire to fly
the St ear-man.
6. F
inr: Trafnin:.; School .
Eight of the nine student^ pilots completed
140 hours flying training at the end of October, and w<
passed out as pilots by the Minister of Defence.
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were