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“Satan’s Chariot”: How The Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Terrorized Afghanistan
These flying beasts were killers. At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed one of the most iconic helicopter gunships in history. The Mil Mi-24 was designed to do one thing ...
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Russian Aerospace Forces down Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter in Kherson area — top brass
The Mi-24 is a multirole attack helicopter engineered by the Mil Design Bureau and designed to provide fire support for troops on the battlefield and land a tactical assault force MOSCOW ...
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Russian air defenses down Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter, 10 HIMARS rockets
MOSCOW, July 25. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter in the Zaporozhye Region, intercepted 10 rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and ...
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Buttala crash: High-level probe on what went wrong
A four member Air Force team will probe Thursday’s crash of an Mi-24 helicopter gunship at Badalkumbura, a spokesman said yesterday. The team comprises Air Vice Marshal Gagan Bulathsinhala, Group ...
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Ukraine conflict: Russia's attack helicopter forces transition from ‘easy target' to ‘worst nightmare'
At the outset of the war, Russia employed 75 Ka-52, 55 Mi-28, and 95 Mi-24/35 helicopters, according to the JAPCC's interpretation of open-source data (Lt Col Pellegrini said that the presumption ...