An Mi-28 attack helicopter in or near Ukraine. Russian defense ministry capture After taking a brutal beating in the first year of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian air force’s attack helicop...
Tag: Helicopters
The Russian Helicopters And Missile Systems Iran Might Soon Acquire
Iran expects to receive the first of the 24 Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets it ordered from Russia as soon as Mar. 21, the Persian New Year. Tehran also claims it has ordered helicopters and missile syst...
The Ukrainian Navy Is Ready To Rescue People Again As Ex-British Helicopters Arrive
A Royal Navy Sea King in 2013. Crown Copyright Just two months after the United Kingdom announced it would donate to Ukraine three ex-Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopters, the first of the classic...
As Anticipated, Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky Has Protested the Army’s FLRAA Selection
A conceptual image of Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X helicopters deploying troops in a landing zone – an … [+] image that the Army’s early December FLRAA selection putatively nullified. S...
The Ukrainian Army’s Helicopters Sat Out The Last Campaign. They Sure Aren’t Sitting Out This One.
Ukrainian army Mil Mi-8s. Ukrainian defense ministry photo It was an open question, as Russian forces massed along Ukraine’s borders in late 2021 and early 2022, whether the Ukrainian army’s helicopte...
Ukrainian Saboteurs Reportedly Blew Up Russian Helicopters 500 Miles From Ukraine
A Kamov Ka-52. Wikimedia Commons Russian air force regiments flying the service’s Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters have been having a difficult war. It just got a lot more difficult. Ukrainian air defen...
Ukraine Claims It Shot Down Five Russian Helicopters On Wednesday Morning. Here’s Why The Choppers Are Top Targets.
A Ka-52 over eastern Ukraine. Via social media When Ukrainian forces counterattacked in eastern and southern Ukraine starting in late August, the Russian air force struggled to keep up with the swift ...
Russia Captured Three Of Ukraine’s Smallest Helicopters. So Ukraine’s Allies Sent Three Replacements.
Russian army trucks hauling ex-Ukrainian Mi-2s. Via social media When Russian troops overran the port city of Kherson in southern Ukraine early in Russia’s wider war with Ukraine beginning in late Feb...
Iraq Is Facing Difficulties Sustaining Its Russian Military Helicopters
Iraq’s military is reportedly facing significant difficulties sustaining its fleet of Russian-made military helicopters as an indirect result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The latest quarterly repo...
Ukrainian Helicopters Reportedly Strike Fuel Depot Over Border In Russia
Topline A fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod is on fire Friday after Ukrainian helicopters reportedly crossed the border and attacked the facility, the governor of the region said on social me...
In Night Raid, Choppers Blow Up Fuel Depot On Russian Soil Near Ukraine
At the Russian city of Belgorod, flames roil over fuel depots hit by rockets fired by attack … [+] helicopters. Video capture. It would sound like improbable fanboy fiction if there weren’t reco...
Ukrainian Attack Helicopters Just Slipped Into Russia And Blew Up A Fuel Depot
Ukrainian Mi-24s set ablaze a Belgorod fuel depot. Social-media captures via Twitter In an incredible feat of airmanship and planning, a pair of Ukrainian Mi-24 attack helicopters slipped across the b...