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On 3 June 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Lungi, Sierra Leone, killing all 22 people on board. [62] On 7 April 2013, a Mil Mi-8PS helicopter crashed in Loreto, Peru, killing all 13 people on board. [63] On 2 July 2013, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Deputatsky, Sakha Republic, Russia, killing 24 of the 28 people on board. [64]
The sticker cost for a fighter, bomber, or helicopter is just the beginning, and in reality it’s typically just thirty percent of the overall cost of the aircraft. Some pilots have flown tens of ...
Helicopter Eurocopter AS355N Écureuil France: Light utility helicopter: In service with the Alpha Group. [109] Mil Mi-8/17 Soviet Union Russia. Transport helicopters: 60 helicopters in service. [citation needed] Mil Mi-26 Soviet Union: N/A [citation needed] Mil Mi-24 Soviet Union: Attack helicopter: N/A [citation needed]
MAGURA V5 drone targeting Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter. On 30 May 2024, the HUR claimed the destruction of two Russian boats of the KC-701 Tuna type with the help of Magura V5 strike marine drones. [14] [15] [16] On 10 August 2024, it destroyed a Russian KS 701 Tunets high-speed boat near the settlement of Chornomorske. [17]
Formal development of an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version of the Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter was authorised by the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee and Council of Ministers in April 1965, with the objective of replacing the Mil Mi-4 in the short-range, shore based anti-submarine role. The new helicopter was required to have an ...
Mil V-5, 1959 - medium single-turboshaft transport helicopter; Mil Mi-6, 1957 - Heavy transportation helicopter. NATO reporting name Hook. Mil V-7, 1959 - experimental four-seat helicopter; Mil Mi-8, 1961 - Multi-purpose helicopter. NATO reporting name Hip. List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators; Mil Mi-9, airborne command post and relay variant of Mi-8
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.
427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407.