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MILITARY AVIATION

Army Aviation supports ´Zapad-2021´ at Mulino

28 September 2021 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of September two squadrons of Russian attack helicopters were deployed to an airfield in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Operating from that location, the Army Aviation rotorcraft were assigned a mission of providing support […]

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´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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´Berkuts´ celebrated their 29th anniversary

19 April 2021 Jacek Domański

On 11th April 2021, the aerobatic group ´Berkuts´ (Беркуты, English: Golden eagles) celebrated the 29th anniversary of its foundation. The team, being a part of the 344th Centre for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel […]

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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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New high-speed rotor blades for Russian combat helicopters

4 September 2020 Jacek Domański

During the International Military-Technical Forum ´Army-2020´ held between 23rd and 29th August in Kubinka, the Russian Helicopters holding company presented the new, made entirely from composites, rotor blades intended for combat helicopters. The blades were […]

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Russian Helicopters at the International Military-Technical Forum ´Army-2020´

21 August 2020 Jacek Domański

At the upcoming International Military-Technical Forum ´Army-2020´, the Russian Helicopters holding is going to show a wide range of military helicopters manufactured by the company. The annual military exhibition and trade show will take place […]

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´Aviadarts-2020´ competition finalized its second phase

11 April 2020 Jacek Domański

The 2020 edition of ´Aviadarts´ international military contest is finalizing its second phase. In March,  many of participating crews were concluding the regional level of the competition – as it happened, for example, in the […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Rotec completed the delivery of attack helicopters for 2019

29 December 2019 Jacek Domański

Russian Helicopters company announced that the delivery of over 20 attack helicopters to the Russian Ministry of Defence was finalized recently, and therefore the manufacturing company fully completed the state defence contract for 2019. All […]

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