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“Satan’s Chariot”: How The Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Terrorized Afghanistan
The Soviet Mi-24 was a testament to the Soviet preference for brute force and power over finesse or whiz-bang technological wizardry. These flying beasts were killers. At the height of the Cold ...
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A Russian military helicopter accidentally opened fire on an apartment building
The incident, which took place in the southeastern city of Chita, reportedly involved a Russian Air Force Mi-35M attack helicopter, an export version of the Mi-24 Hind. According to state-run news ...
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A Look Back At The USSR’s Mi-6 Helicopter Airliner
It was once even big business in the Soviet Union, where the Aeroflot airline operated passenger helicopters in regular service for many decades. In the mid-1960s they even started work on ...
Jane's Information Group21d
Ukraine conflict: Russia's attack helicopter forces transition from ‘easy target' to ‘worst nightmare'
While Russian attack helicopters ... of its Kamov Ka-52 ‘Hokum-B', Mil Mi-28 ‘Havoc', and Mil Mi-24/35 ‘Hind' helicopters. At the outset of the war, Russia employed 75 Ka-52, 55 Mi-28 ...
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The History Of The Soviet Mil V-12, The Biggest Helicopter Ever Built
Russia and its former Soviet Union have never been afraid to supersize military hardware, such as the behemoth Mil V-12 helicopter, the largest helicopter in history. This large aircraft ...
The National Interest26d
“Satan’s Chariot”: How The Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Terrorized Afghanistan
Blessedly, the world never got to see the Hind helicopters blasting NATO tanks in Central Europe. Instead, these birds were used to terrorize Afghan villagers in the failed Soviet-Afghan War that ...