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A Russian Air Force Mi-28. The Mi-28 is a new-generation attack helicopter that functions as an air-to-air and air-to-ground partner for the Mi-24 Hind and Ka-50 Hokum. The five-blade main rotor is mounted above the body midsection, short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings are mounted to the rear of the body midsection.
The Air Force must now either buy fewer F-35s or figure out how to foot a bigger annual bill. ... The tank-killing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter costs just $5,171 an hour to operate.
Mil Mi-36, light multipurpose helicopter project; Mil V-37, 2012 - planned cargo/passenger helicopter; Mil Mi-38, 2000 - multi purpose helicopter; Mil Mi-40, 1983 - Projected armed transport version of Mi-28, unbuilt; Mil Mi-42, 1985 - Projected assault/transport NOTAR helicopter, unbuilt; Mil Mi-44, utility helicopter based on the Mi-34; in ...
In October 2007, the Saudi Arabian Government cancelled the purchase of 64 NHIndustries NH90 helicopters and agreed to buy 150 Russian-made Mil Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters instead. [15] On 28 October 2008, the Royal Thai Army announced a deal to buy six Mi-17s to meet its requirement for a medium-lift helicopter.
Rostvertol has been producing helicopters designed by the Mil design bureau since 1956 and is a world leader in the manufacture of heavy-lift helicopters. [2] It built the Mi-6 Hook and Mi-10 Harke heavy-lift helicopters and the Mi-26 Halo. It also produced the Mi-25 and Mi-35 Hind combat attack helicopters and the Mi-28 Havoc. [2]
The Ka-50 and its modifications have been chosen as the special forces' support helicopter, while the Mil Mi-28 has become the main army's gunship. The production of Ka-50 was recommenced in 2006. In 2009, the Russian Air Force received three units built from incomplete airframes dating from the mid-1990s. [24]
His predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, signed the deal to buy the Mi-17 helicopters but decided before his term ended to cancel the contract due to fears of possible Western sanctions.
In August this year, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was captured after landing in Ukraine’s Kharkiv oblast following what Kyiv described as a long-term operation by Ukrainian intelligence.