Afghanistan: Kabul Aviation Museum

Kabul Aviation Museum, Afghanistan

Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghanistan Rehabilitation (OMAR) Land Mine Museum and Kabul Aviation Museum – Author Photos taken while serving with ISAF, July 2004.  Apart from mines, the museum displays a variety of other military hardware from wars fought in Afghanistan over the recent decades, including artillery, surface-to-air missiles, and a collection of Soviet military aircraft. The OMAR Mine Museum contains a collection of 51 types of land mines out of the 53 used in Afghanistan over the years. The collection includes unexploded ordnance, cluster bombs and airdrop bombs.

Photos by the Author, Dave Wilcock, and Justin Ames from his website:

http://thevelvetrocket.com/2008/05/24/omar-mine-museum-or-omar-land-mine-museum-depending-on-whom-you-ask/

Aero L-39C (Serial No. 0017).

(Justin Ames Photo)

Antonov AN-2 Colt (Serial No. 224).

(Author Photo)

Antonov AN-2 Colt (Serial No. 224).

(Author Photo)

Antonov AN-2 Colt (Serial No. 224).

(Dave Wilcock Photo)

Antonov AN-2 Colt (Serial No. 224), wreck, 2002.

(Dave Wilcok Photos)

Antonov AN-2 Colt wrecks, Kabul, 2002.

(Author Photo)

Ilyushin Il-28U (Serial No. 003)

(Justin Ames Photo)

Mil Mi-8T Hip helicopter (Serial No. 271)

(Justin Ames Photos)

(Author Photo)

Mil Mi-24A Hind Helicopter.

(Author Photo)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG15U Midget.

(Justin Ames Photo)

 (Author Photos)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (Serial No. 43) mounted on a pylon.

(Justin Ames Photo)

Mikoyan-Gurvich MiG-21U-400 Fishbed (Serial No. 578).

(Justin Ames Photo)

Sukhoi Su-7BKL Fitter.

(Author Photo)

(Author Photo)

Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter (Serial No. 82), mounted on pylons in front of the Afghan Air Force Station, Kabul Airport.

(Justin Ames Photo)

(Author Photo)

Yakovlev Yak-11 Moose (Serial No. 35).

(Author Photo)

Yakovlev Yak-40.

 (Justin Ames Photo)

Soviet rocket engines.

(Justin Ames Photo)

Soviet SA-2 Guideline and SA-3 Goa surface to air missiles.

Herat Museum

(Marius Arneson Photo)

Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter, mounted on pylons above a BMP-1, BRDM-2 and a T-55 tank, Herat Museum, Afghanistan.

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