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 / 55 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 Tyrants Have Often Wrapped Themselves in the Cloak of Patriotism or Religion to Deceive the People February 25th 2015 ATTENTION, MARIE HARF: About that Jobs for ISIS thing… February 19th 2015 The Real Kayla Mueller February 13th 2015