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The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production as of 2024 at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude.
On 18 September 1981, a Mil Mi-8T helicopter collided with a Yakovlev Yak-40 east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Russia, killing all seven crew on the helicopter and all thirty-three people on the Yak-40. [55] On 17 September 2001, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shotdown by a Chechen group in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, killing all 13 people on board. [56]
The initial units of the army aviation corps used equipment transferred from the PLAAF, including mostly the first Chinese-made helicopter, the Harbin Z-5 (a version of the Mil Mi-4), the licensed-made Z-8 (a version of the French Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon) and the American-made S-70C "Black Hawk" purchased during the Sino-American thaw ...
The Mi-26 was designed to replace earlier Mi-6 and Mi-12 heavy lift helicopters and act as a heavy-lift helicopter for military and civil use, having twice the cabin space and payload of the Mi-6, then the world's largest and fastest production helicopter. The primary purpose of the Mi-26 was to transport military equipment such as 13-tonne ...
The first Italian Navy production helicopter (MM81480) flew on 4 October 1999 and was officially presented to the press on 6 December 1999. Italy accepted delivery of the 21st AW101, configured for anti-submarine warfare, on 4 August 2009. [117] In total 22 AW101 helicopters have been delivered to the Italian Navy. [116]
The Houthis then explicitly threatened to sink Israeli-associated shipping near Yemen’s coast on November 14, and proceeded to hijack cargo ship M/S Galaxy Leader using an Mi-17 helicopter on ...
Mil V-16, 1967 - heavy cargo/transport helicopter project; Mil Mi-17, 1974 - Transportation helicopter. NATO reporting name Hip-H. Known as Mi-8M in Russia. List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators; Mil Mi-18, 1979 - prototype lengthened version of Mi-17; Mil Mi-19, - Airborne command post variant of Mi-17; Mil Mi-20, 1966 - super light helicopter; mockup ...
The fighter aircraft and helicopter responded to a civilian aircraft at 2:25 p.m. Saturday and escorted it to the ground. During the event, the aircraft dispensed flares in an attempt to draw ...