Blog $500M worth of US-bought planes destroyed by Afghans, sold as scrap for 6 cents a pound Share This Post Government / World News $500M worth of US-bought planes destroyed by Afghans, sold as scrap for 6 cents a pound By redkudzu_admin on October 10th 2014 No Comments / 139 views Sixteen military transport planes bought by the United States government for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at a cost of nearly $500 million were recently destroyed by the Afghan military and sold for scrap parts at around six cents per pound, prompting a government inquiry to determine why millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on the ill-fated program. The Department of Defense purchased for the AAF a total of 20 Italian-made G222 military transport planes at a cost of $486 million. However, the fleet was grounded in March 2013 “after sustained, serious performance, maintenance, and spare parts problems” were discovered, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Read more here… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Violent Actions Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Terror-Tied Group CAIR Causing Chaos, Promoting Protests & Lawsuits as Trump Protects Nation January 28th 2017 We Can NOT Go Back… Americans’ Safety Hangs in the Balance August 7th 2021 COMMON CORE FUNDS THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD March 1st 2015