Sardeh Band Airport

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Sardeh Band Airport
IATA: SBF – ICAO: OADS
Summary
Elevation AMSL 6,971 ft / 2,125 m
Coordinates 33°19′14.54″N 68°38′11.62″E / 33.3207056°N 68.6365611°E / 33.3207056; 68.6365611Coordinates: 33°19′14.54″N 68°38′11.62″E / 33.3207056°N 68.6365611°E / 33.3207056; 68.6365611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 6,902 2,104 Gravel

Sardeh Band Airport (or Band E Sardeh Dam Airport) (IATA: SBF, ICAO: OADS) is located near the village of Sardeh Band and about 1 km north of the Russian-built dam (built in 1967) called Band E Sardeh Dam. It is 18 miles southeast of Ghazni city in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The airfield lies in a valley 2 miles northwest of lake Mota Khan. While in use during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, this airstrip no longer exists. There are no structures to support it and there is no visible air strip any longer. It is only desert.

On 12 June 2002 a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to remove U.S. Army Special Forces troops from the area when it tried to take off from the airstrip. The plane impacted the ground and crashed in a barren area, 2.5 nautical miles from the airstrip.[1][2]

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  1. ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020612-0
  2. ^ usaf.aib.law.af.mil/MC-130H_Afghanistan_12Jun02.pdf
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