A monument at Bagram Air Base dedicated to fallen pilots, which was unfortunately destroyed during base expansion. Built in 1987: Soviet forces constructed the memorial to honor five aviators posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. [1] (https://www.facebook.com/WarMurals/posts/the-soviet-memorial-at-bagram-airfield-as-it-looked-in-1987-the-year-it-was-buil/499414434886674/)Rediscovered in 2006: U.S. military engineers found the damaged monument surrounded by construction zones. [1] (-redacted- [2] (https://www.facebook.com/WarMurals/posts/the-soviet-memorial-at-bagram-airfield-as-it-looked-in-1987-the-year-it-was-buil/499414434886674/)Political blocks prevented moving it to the Russian embassy in Kabul, and civilian demining teams accidentally crumbled and destroyed it by 2008. [1] (https://www.facebook.com/WarMurals/posts/the-soviet-memorial-at-bagram-airfield-as-it-looked-in-1987-the-year-it-was-buil/499414434886674/), [2] (-redacted-