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Russian Air Force gets six new attack helicopters Mi-28N Night Hunter.
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new batch of Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters has been delivered
to a pilot training center of Russian Air Force near Moscow, Defense Ministry
spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
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Mi-28N Night
Hunter attack helicopter at MAKS Moscow Air Show
(Photo Copyright Vitaly Kuzmin) |
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“The helicopters have been delivered to the Torzhok
training center to improve the pilot training program there,”
Drik said.
The Mi-28N is the latest modification of the Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter,
manufactured by the Rostvertol plant in southern Russia. It has been
designed to conduct hunter-killer missions against main battle tanks,
helicopters, ground forces, and armor in any weather conditions.
The deliveries of Mi-28Ns to the units in Russia’s North Caucasus
and Central military districts started in 2009. A total of 24 Mi-28s
were in service with the Russian Air Force as of February 2011.
Two Mi-28Ns were lost in crashes during training flights in 2009 and
2011.
Russia's Defense Ministry has said it is planning to procure between
45 and 67 Mi-28Ns in the next few years, and to fully replace the Mi-24
Hind helicopters with Mi-28Ns in the Armed Forces by 2015.
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