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Data from Indian-Military.org [unreliable source?] General characteristics Crew: 2 pilots, 1 weapons system officer and 1 technician (optional) Capacity: 8 troops 2,400 kg (5,291 lb) cargo on an external sling Length: 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) fuselage only 19.79 m (65 ft) including rotors Wingspan: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) stub wings Height: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) Empty weight: 8,500 kg (18,739 lb) Max ...
150 Mil Mi-8s and Mil Mi-24s; 40 Antonov An-26, Antonov An-24, and Antonov An-2 transport aircraft [41] Excluding the armed formations of Sarandoy, the armed forces numbered 160,000 people. [51] Later Western reports indicated an active strength of around 515,000 by 1990. [52] [53] Equipment: [22] Tanks - 1,568; BMP - 129; BTR and BRDM - 1,225
Afghanistan. Afghan Air Force [1] Algeria ... Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8. ... 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 ...
Mil Mi-2: About six delivered for use as utility transport helicopters in 1982.The aircraft has a Mi-2B as an export type for the Middle East, and it is said that it was also sent to Afghanistan. Mil Mi-4: 18 utility helicopters received from 1963 and remaining in service as late as 1997.There is a famous scene where soldiers are taking a ...
On 23 September 2006, a Mil Mi-8 MTV 1 helicopter crashed in Ghunsa, Nepal, killing all 24 people on board. [60] On 27 April 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Shatoy, Chechnya, Russia, killing all 20 people on board. [61] On 3 June 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Lungi, Sierra Leone, killing all 22 people on board. [62]
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. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service.
A military helicopter caught fire during a training mission and was forced to make an emergency landing at California’s Camp Pendleton, authorities said. The aircraft — a CH53-E Super Stallion ...
U.S. special forces help Afghan troops away from a CIA-operated Mil Mi-17 Hip helicopter at Bagram Airbase Around midnight, the units of TF Hammer loaded into their vehicles and left their base in Gardez at 33°35′58″N 69°13′44″E / 33.59944°N 69.22889°E / 33.59944; 69.22889 ( Gardez ) for the Shah-i-Kot Valley in a ...