15-Jun-21 - MD Helicopters received two $43.9M extension contracts to support Afghanistan’ MD530F Cayuse Warrior through December 2021 in Kabul, Al-Ain (UAE) and in Mesa, Arizona #Afghanistan
05-Dec-20 - MD Helicopters awarded $34M US Army contract for maintenance, repairs, updates, and overhauls of the Afghanistan Air Force MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter fleet #contractors
16-Oct-20 - MD Helicopters awarded Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts to support MD530F of Afghanistan Air Force ( retrofit 18 aircraft with Robertson crashworthy fuel systems, CWFS) and Lebanon (six new helicopters)
02-Dec-19 - The Afghan Air Force will receive a new batch of 12 MD530F Enhanced Cayuse Warrior. Part of the 150 Pentagon IDIQ contract. Afghanistan already received 60 MD530F #Afghanistan
25-Nov-19 - MD Helicopters completed delivery of 30 enhanced MD530F Cayuse Warrior with glass cockpit to the Afghan Air Force. Part of 150 ordered by the Pentagon for foreign customers under a $1.4 billion, 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract #MD530F
29-Aug-19 - MD Helicopters received $50M contract to support Afghanistan’ MD530F Cayuse Warrior through May 2020 both in USA and in country. Currently delivering last helicopters of the 2017 order. Afghanistan Air force currently operates near 60. First one delivered in 2011 #MD530F
11-Dec-18 - One of the “new” UH-60A+ Black Hawk delivered to the Afghan Air Force crashed last month allegedly after a technical malfunction #BlackHawk
12-Sep-18 - First 5 of 30 enhanced MD530F with glass cockpit delivered to the Afghan Air Force. Afghanistan using this helicopter since 2011. 150 were ordered by the Pentagon for foreign customers. #Afghanistan
12-Jul-18 - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved new all-glass cockpit for the MD530F (type certificate 369FF). First deliveries underway to US Army, Afghan Air Force and Virginia Beach Police Dept #avionics
16-Jun-18 - According a Pentagon report, US plans to replace Afghan Mi-17 with Black Hawks have met new “challenges” as the Russian helicopters are superior in cargo capacity and high altitude flying #problems
26-Jan-18 - Afghan 7th Special Operations Kandak (7th SOK) commandos conducted a nighttime helicopter air assault raid on a known Taliban “Red Unit” compound in the Helmand province
