After decades of service, the Biden administration has abandoned a bunch of fully functional helicopters as quickly as the administration abandoned thousands of American citizens.

The State Department Has Abandoned Its CH-46 Helicopters In Afghanistan

The U.S. State Department has confirmed that seven CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters, also colloquially known as “Phrogs,” belonging to its Air Wing have been rendered inoperable and abandoned in Afghanistan as part of the ongoing evacuation effort. This non-combatant evacuation operation, or NEO, could very well be the last major mission ever for any Sea Knight belonging to the U.S. government, with the State Department already in the process of divesting its entire fleet. 

Well. That’s… something.

Sure, these helicopters were old and were slated for retirement. Their day was almost over. But there are still tens of thousands of American citizens stranded by Biden behind Taliban lines. Americans who could have been picked up by these choppers.  But now they’re junk.