To know entirely too much about a relatively uninteresting subject...
The Mi-24 in the previous post is a helicopter manufactured in the former Soviet Union by the Mil company. Ironically enough, this is not the first time that these helicopters have been in Afghanistan. During the previous conflict with the Soviet Union, we were secretly supplying the Mujahaddean (sp?) with Stinger missles so they could shoot down the helicopters that now belong to our "allies." What did we want in return for our missles? Just any piece of Soviet hardware they could get their hands on. And to stop communism of course (which still is an admirable goal.)
So there you go, they're still probably shooting our missles at our helicopters now. Nothing like biting the hand that used to feed you.
Jeff C.
