Kandahar Airfield Unit/Squadron dispositions

[Gambit21]

For purposes of airfield traffic templates.

Anyone who has insight into who/what airframes were operating out of which ramp etc at Kandahar anywhere from 09 through 11, please PM me.

Even if you have a single piece, during a specific snapshot, it will help me considerably with this project.

I'll ask the same of Bagram later.

 

Thank you.

 

[Snoopy]

Using Google Earth you can adjust the date to see what is located where.  If you change the dates (5/2010 through 9/2019) you if you zoom in you can see here Blackhawks, Chinooks, A-10s, KC-135s and other airframes are located.

[Gambit21]

3 hours ago, Snoopy said:

Using Google Earth you can adjust the date to see what is located where.  If you change the dates (5/2010 through 9/2019) you if you zoom in you can see here Blackhawks, Chinooks, A-10s, KC-135s and other airframes are located.

Yea, thank you. 
I’ve done this and has helped a lot for the roughed-in template vs just making something up from 100% from scratch. Now hoping to glean more detailed info if possible. Not to be overly pedantic, but might as well see what I can find out (who’s Chinooks were where as an example) then at some point soon I’ll just do what seems plausible based on what info I do have.

[Gambit21]

I have what I need...thanks peeps.

 

 

 

[JOLLYGREENFE]

Hey Gambit,

In the State Department INL we initially flew Huey II's out of the TLS hanger at Kandahar then moved down to our own compound on the SW side of the base. We used our MI-8's an AN-24 and our King Airs for logistics support flights and we also had a Mi-26 that would run cargo routes, till it flew into a mountain.

My old unit was flying HH-60G's. 

Once the DoS compound was completed, we would also have some 160th visitors flying off our ramp. 

The Brits also flew Lynx, the Brit and US OGA's flew MI-8/17's 

After I left the contract the INL got H-60's. S-61's, H-46's and DC-3/BT-67's as well.

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here's What's In Its Inventory (twz.com)

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk (twz.com)

If you need pics let me know.

Cheers!
Jolly

[Gambit21]

7 hours ago, JOLLYGREENFE said:

Hey Gambit,

In the State Department INL we initially flew Huey II's out of the TLS hanger at Kandahar then moved down to our own compound on the SW side of the base. We used our MI-8's an AN-24 and our King Airs for logistics support flights and we also had a Mi-26 that would run cargo routes, till it flew into a mountain.

My old unit was flying HH-60G's. 

Once the DoS compound was completed, we would also have some 160th visitors flying off our ramp. 

The Brits also flew Lynx, the Brit and US OGA's flew MI-8/17's 

After I left the contract the INL got H-60's. S-61's, H-46's and DC-3/BT-67's as well.

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here's What's In Its Inventory (twz.com)

US Uses a Private Helicopter Force to Get Around Kabul And Intel Woes Might Put It At Risk (twz.com)

If you need pics let me know.

Cheers!
Jolly

Thank you! I’ll PM you later for clarification on the hanger location etc.

If anyone else has anything specific, please let me know. Even though I said that I have what I need, there’s missing pieces.  
 

 

[Pumba298]

I flew Dutch Chinooks out of KAF and for some special operations out of Tarin Kowt (Camp Holland) and one time out of Bastion. At KAF in 2008 our 3 Chinooks were parked on the big helo ramp, at the  NE corner of the ramp, near the center of KAF. Right behind us were the CSAR USAF UH-60's and next to us the British helicopters, I believe only Chinooks, and sometimes an Apache or Lynx. Our F-16's were parked at the other side of the field and our Apaches flew out of Tarin Kowt.

I was at KAF in the autumn of '05, from sept '07 till march '08 and during the summers of '09 and '10. I will go and look up some pictures, I might be able to dig up some more.

Edited July 2, 2024 by Pumba298

[Stratos]

I would like to know If anyone can tell me which services/units operated from Kandahar during the Afghan intervention, some pics will be amazing as well!

[JOLLYGREENFE]

Here are a variety of pics from around the southern part of AFG. They are in no order, just attached them as I found them...

Enjoy!
Jolly

[Phoenix FR]

Thank you for the pictures.

[Glide]

I just picked up Combat Mission Kandahar, The Canadian Experience in Afghanistan, by Fowler.  Got some mission building ahead of me, and I'll share what I find in the book.

[Stratos]

WOW Lots of pics, what are all those trucks parked in the middle of nowhere? And the tractors?

[peeter]

On 6/18/2024 at 1:12 AM, Gambit21 said:

For purposes of airfield traffic templates.

Anyone who has insight into who/what airframes were operating out of which ramp etc at Kandahar anywhere from 09 through 11, please PM me.

Even if you have a single piece, during a specific snapshot, it will help me considerably with this project.

I'll ask the same of Bagram later.

 

Thank you.

 

Oh men, if you have those data it would be cool to share. I'm trying to fing on what parking were stationned what aircraft/nation.

I found the Canadians on Xray ramp, but I dodn't found where the french park their aircrafts.

[Gambit21]

On 7/13/2024 at 1:12 PM, peeter said:

Oh men, if you have those data it would be cool to share. I'm trying to fing on what parking were stationned what aircraft/nation.

I found the Canadians on Xray ramp, but I dodn't found where the french park their aircrafts.

I’ve had some good input, and have been building out Kandahar over the last handful of weeks in my spare time. A long way to go.

Drop me a PM.

[JOLLYGREENFE]

The tractors, quads and green ANP trucks were used by the local AFG and Dyn Corp guys on the ground to eradicate the poppy crops under the DoS INL program. We, DynCorp contractors, being the DoS Airwing, were tasked with supporting the ambassador and embassy staff for whatever mission they asked for.

We also had another mission of supporting the "cutters" on the ground with both gunship and medivac coverage when they were in the field. You could definitely tell who paid their bribes by how well the field was cut (or not).

The pic of the smoking truck I took while we were escorting the cutters to another location. The bad guys waited till just the right time when both of our acft were out of place and took that truck, and another at the front, out with RPGs. Lucky for our guys and bad for them, was that those two trucks were not part of our convoy, they snuck in thinking that being with us would give them security. If you look close in the tall light green crops just to the left of the truck you can see where the bad guy ran.

Saw some comments about carrier ops off Lake Kajiki in another post so I added a couple pics. Some of the most beautiful water I have ever seen... We went up that way alot!

Cheers

 

[Lace]

The Afghan CAA AIP might be of some use to mission and campaign builders.

Afghanistan AIP.pdf

[Phoenix FR]

20 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

I’ve had some good input, and have been building out Kandahar over the last handful of weeks in my spare time. A long way to go.

Drop me a PM.

I send you a PM too.

[Phoenix FR]

French were on Victor ramp.

 

[El Chapo]

Since some people are not eager to share anything, here is what I sent earlier to the author of this thread (without even a reply to say it has been received ). 

https://forum.dcs.world/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=390533&key=459dd85b4c9342b55d8ca5cf02b41a23

[Snoopy]

1 hour ago, El Chapo said:

Since some people are not eager to share anything, here is what I sent earlier to the author of this thread (without even a reply to say it has been received ). 

https://forum.dcs.world/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=390533&key=459dd85b4c9342b55d8ca5cf02b41a23 13.3 MB · 5 downloads

Thank you, great info if someone bases their mission on 2009 operations.

[Gambit21]

10 hours ago, El Chapo said:

Since some people are not eager to share anything, here is what I sent earlier to the author of this thread (without even a reply to say it has been received ). 

https://forum.dcs.world/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=390533&key=459dd85b4c9342b55d8ca5cf02b41a23 13.3 MB · 15 downloads

Apologies, as I said in my PM I’ve been overwhelmed this month. I’m grateful - thank you much.

I’ve just now checked back in and saw all that you sent. A huge help.

[Tomcatter87]

Being into mission and base building as well, I have a specific question. Where were F-16s usually parked at Kandahar? I unterstand that Belgian Vipers were in shelters on the northern tip of the airbase. What about F-16s from the US, for example the South Carolina or Iowa ANG, which both were stationed there at some point? Did they use the same spots as the Belgians, or did they have a different place? Of course, I'm not sure if Vipers from different nations were there at the same time. I searched around a lot, but I couldn't find pictures where I could tell the location of their parking spots. 

[graveyard4DCS]

If you take Google Earth pictures from August 2012 for example, you can see both Belgian Air Force apron on the north of the airfield, and the US Air National Guard apron on the north west.

Edited January 18 by graveyard4DCS