Twelve pilots and one aircrew chief of the former Afghanistan Air Force who had escaped to Tajikistan are now seeking asylum in Canada.
Four A-29 Super Tucanos arrive in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 20, 2017, before the beginning of the 2017 fighting season. The aircraft will bolster the Afghan Air Force’s inventory from eight to 12 A-29s in country. Airmen from Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air, as part of Resolute Support Mission, work in tandem with their Afghan counterparts fostering a working relationship and fortifying confidence in the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Castelan)
All 13 of them had cramped into a AC-208 and flew away from Kabul as the city fell to the Taliban.
CBC News interviewed three of the pilots via cell phone from Dushanbe, these pilots used to fly the AC-208, MD530 and UH-60.
None of them wish to immigrate to the United States.
