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Developed from. Mil Mi-8. The Mil Mi-24 ( Russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. [ 1] It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972.
One Mi-24VP flew with the Delta-H tail rotor of the Mil Mi-28. Mi-24VU. (Hind-E) Indian training version of Mi-24V. Mi-24VD. A version produced in 1985 to test a rear defensive gun. Mi-24RKhR. (Hind-G1) NBC reconnaissance model, which is designed to collect radiation, biological and chemical samples.
For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, ... Mil Mi-24: Russia attack: Mi-24/25/35: 15 [13] HAL Prachand: India attack 10 [25] 66 on ...
A Russian Air Force Mi-28. The Mi-28 is a new-generation attack helicopter that functions as an air-to-air and air-to-ground partner for the Mi-24 Hind and Ka-50 Hokum. The five-blade main rotor is mounted above the body midsection, short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings are mounted to the rear of the body midsection.
As of 28 May 2024 at least 29 Mi-8/Mi-8MTPR-1 have been lost and 11 damaged in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Mil Mi-24 Soviet Union/ Russia: Rotorcraft: Attack: 1972: 328: 328 [56] As of 28 May 2024 at least 4 Mi-24P, 4 Mi-24V/P and nine Mi-35M have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Mil Mi-26 Soviet Union/ Russia: Rotorcraft ...
Operation Mount Hope III. Operation Mount Hope III was a top secret clandestine American military operation to capture a Soviet-made Mil Mi-25 "Hind-D" attack helicopter, an export model of the Soviet Mi-24. The aircraft had been abandoned in the conflict between Libya and Chad .
The aircraft broke up during a crash landing on the runway at Dalbandin. [ 1] On September 22, 1984, Colonel Haji Fakir, flying an An-26 defected from Afghanistan to Miranshah Air Base, Pakistan. [ 1] On June 28, 1985, the crews of two Mi-24 Hind-Ds defected from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, [1] with over 17000 units used by over 50 countries. As of 2015, when combined with the related Mil Mi-17, the two helicopters are the third most common operational military aircraft in the world. [2]