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Mi-8 helicopters fight against fires in Karelia

1 August 2021 Jacek Domański

In the last days of July, helicopter crews of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defence were deployed to combat forest fires in Karelia. Mi-8 helicopters equipped with water buckets, being a […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Live-fire tactical exercise of Baltic Fleet naval aviation

28 June 2021 Jacek Domański

Last week, combat helicopters of the mixed helicopter regiment – being a part of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation – performed a live-fly tactical exercise (летно-тактические учение, ЛТУ) that included a missile attack on the […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Aviadarts-2021´ completed its all-army stage

13 June 2021 Jacek Domański

´Aviadarts-2021´ competition – being a part of annual International Army Games – has just completed its all-army stage. Final national phase of that live-fly contest was organized between 21st May and 5th June at Dyagilevo […]

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Preparations to ´Aviadarts-2021´ have already begun

12 February 2021 Jacek Domański

Although the final stage of this year´s edition of ´Aviadarts´ contest (being a part of the International Army Games, within the ´ARMY-2021´ military forum) will be held only in August, aviation units of the Russian […]

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Russian Army Aviation in Nagorno-Karabakh

27 November 2020 Jacek Domański

As already mentioned in our report from opening an airlift to Armenia, the Russian Army Aviation Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters are included in the peacekeeping deployment to Nagorno-Karabakh. Those helicopters were, just like other military […]

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First helicopter knock-down kits to Kazakhstan

8 November 2020 Jacek Domański

The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP) of the Russian Helicopters holding has delivered two Mi-8AMT helicopter knock-down kits to Kazakhstan, which would be assembled by their customer. The delivery is based on a trilateral contract for […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Mi-8 test operation programme launched in Indonesia

28 October 2020 Jacek Domański

Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP) is currently launching a test operation programme in Indonesia. The programme, intended for Mi-8/171 helicopter family, is aimed at the assessing of all the advantages of helicopters real operation in conjunction […]

CIVIL AVIATION

The first civilian Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopter

19 June 2020 Jacek Domański

Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) started serial production of Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopters for civilian customers. The company recently issued a press release stating that the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant already completed the […]

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31 January 1970 – Mikhail Leontyevich Mil

31 January 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Mikhail Leontyevich Mil (Михаил Леонтьевич Миль) died from stroke, at the age of 60. Mikhail Mil was one of the aviation pioneers and one of the greatest aviation designers. Despite the fact that his first […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Russian rotorcrafts at the Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Sochi

24 October 2019 Jacek Domański

While the eyes of the world are watching the Russian Tu-160 visiting South Africa, we cannot forget about the other event connecting Russia and the African countries, namely the Russia-Africa Economic Forum, which is organized […]

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