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Latest comment: 18 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Wow - someones hard work ! However it really does need some sources cited. I have an excellent book on the Mi-24 that I think includes chassis/tail numbers and fates of aircraft. I will cross reference the data into this page when I get a chance. But the list really needs to cite a source (webpage/book). Also I think the name should probably be List of Soviet aircraft losses in Afghanistan. Good stuff. Megapixie22:57, 4 April 2006 (UTC)Reply
I am no wikipedia member but I'd like to answer that question on the notability. In the circles of historians it is said that the loss of air superiority to the afghan rebels was one of the main reasons the sowjets had to pull out of afghanistan. The stinger missiles that the Taliban used to shoot down the helicopters were provided by the USA. (I quote the wikipedia article on William J. Casey: "Notably, Casey oversaw covert assistance to the mujahadeen resistance in Afghanistan, with a budget of over $1 billion, by working closely with Akhtar Abdur Rahman, [...]") This is part of the history of Afghanistan, Russia, the USA, the afghan civil war of the 90's, and the war we have today in the afghan country. Many historians see the expensive sowjet-afghan war as one of the reasons of the fall of the sowjet union. The story about the rebels shooting down sowjet helicopters is widely spread and seems to be of historical importance, so I -strongly- recommend holding this article and only undermine it with some good sources.
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