President Biden (and many others) have loved to point out that the "Afghanistan had an Air Force" in constrast to the Taliban. This to drive home their point about the Afghans not being willing to fight. By simply saying the "Afghans have an Air Force" is implies and brings forth the imagery and idea that the Afghans have ranks of B-52s and A-10s available to pounce on the Taliban. In reality this was the Afghan Air Force. Not a single jet powered or multi engined combat aircraft in the lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Afghan_Air_Force_aircraft Indeed, about the ONLY fixed wing combat aircraft is the Super Tucano. A single engined propeller driven aircraft that would be hideously vulnerable even to regular rifle fire. Yet someone these handful of relics people expect to stand off tens of thousands of fanatical Taliban.
